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The US government is reportedly creating an advanced warning system to detect potential <\/b>weather<\/b><\/a> manipulation efforts.<\/b><\/p>\n

As <\/span>reported by The New York Times<\/span><\/a>, the concern is amplified by fears of hostile foreign powers or wealthy individuals engaging in solar geoengineering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These <\/span>detection<\/span><\/a> systems could be crucial in scenarios resembling science fiction plots, such as detecting attempts to dim the sun\u2019s brightness or deliberately trigger catastrophic floods.<\/span><\/p>\n

The system is based in Boulder, Colorado and involves balloon launches to monitor aerosols in the atmosphere, a potential indicator of attempts to reflect sunlight away from Earth. These balloons, equipped with aerosol-measuring devices, are also deployed in Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand, Reunion Island, and Antarctica. The initiative combines efforts from NOAA, NASA, and the Energy Department, with scientists analyzing the origins of detected aerosols.<\/span><\/p>\n

David Fahey, director of NOAA’s Chemical Sciences Laboratory, described the work as \u201csome of the most important stratospheric science\u201d globally. Kelly Wanser, founder of geoengineering research group SilverLining, emphasized the importance of understanding such activities, noting, “How dangerous is that? How fast and hard do we need to respond?”<\/span><\/p>\n

Not all geoengineering is villainous in intent. Recent experiments in San Francisco Bay tested sea salt particles to create brighter, cooling clouds. However, public and ethical concerns halted this and similar projects, like Harvard\u2019s proposed sulfur particle release over Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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