Debunked: IPCC warns not to stop chemtrails, aka 'solar radiation management'

[Mick West]

This is bunk via headline. The idea that they are trying to convey is that that chemtrails are ongoing and the IPCC says we should not stop.

But that's flat wrong. The reality is that the IPCC is talking about possible Solar Radiation Management in the future, and that if we do start it, we would have to commit to continuing it for a long time, especially if there are not drastic reductions in carbon emissions. It's actually an argument against doing SRM in the future.

The headine comes from this article:
http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2013/11/10/ipcc-warns-not-to-stop-chemtrails-aka-so

Where they seemingly deliberately conflate real programs that measure aerosol pollution with (non-existent) SRM programs

Another “experiment,” the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions Project, started in January 2007 and ended in December 2010 – running for a full four years, and included Africa.

In addition to the joint regional projects, several nations also perform smaller field trials within their own borders. India admits to running SRM programs for over ten years.

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India does not such thing. They simple have programs that measure aerosol pollution.

Another version of the article:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/solar-radiation-management-geoengineering-and-chemtrails/5356632

Overall, the IPCC has “medium confidence” that these persistent contrails and their induced cirrus clouds do not change surface temperatures on the planet. This contradicts what scientists found during the 3-day grounding of all US planes after 9/11 (except those scooting Saudis out of the country). Ground temperatures increased 2-3 ºC during the absence of contrails, persistent or not.

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Which is also not true, the range of temperatures increased, the average temperature changed very little, and most of the effect is now thought to be due to the weather.

 

[MikeC]

The full text of the paragraph they have cherry-picked their revelation from is:

Methods that aim to deliberately alter the climate system to counter climate change, termed geoengineering, have been proposed. Limited evidence precludes a comprehensive quantitative assessment of both Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and their impact on the climate system. CDR methods have biogeochemical and technological limitations to their potential on a global scale. There is insufficient knowledge to quantify how much CO2 emissions could be partially offset by CDR on a century timescale. Modelling indicates that SRM methods, if realizable, have the potential to substantially offset a global temperature rise, but they would also modify the global water cycle, and would not reduce ocean acidification. If SRM were terminated for any reason, there is high confidence that global surface temperatures would rise very rapidly to values consistent with the greenhouse gas forcing. CDR and SRM methods carry side effects and long-term consequences on a global scale. {6.5, 7.7}

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this is taken from the version they have saved - "just in case it changes"

 

[MikeC]

Also note the experiments he lists -

One of the programs listed, the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment, covered the Northern Hemisphere, measuring aerosols originating in Asia and crossing the Pacific into North America, then continuing across the continent, across the Atlantic Ocean and into Europe. Headed by the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, these flights ran in 2004 and 2006, and reportedly numbered less than four dozen.
Another “experiment,” the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions Project, started in January 2007 and ended in December 2010 – running for a full four years, and included Africa.
In addition to the joint regional projects, several nations also perform smaller field trials within their own borders. India admits to running SRM programs for over ten years.
Surely, field trials move way beyond “experiments” when they cover continents and cross oceans and are performed over a period of years.

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I am unsure what the Indians have "admitted to", but the 2 other experiments listed are
1/ Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - home page - a quick look at the platforms (aircraft and satellites) used shows that this "experiment" consists of MEASURING aerosols.

2/ The European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) is similarly measurement -

In this paper we describe and summarize the main achievements of the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions project (EUCAARI). EUCAARI started on 1 January 2007 and ended on 31 December 2010 leaving a rich legacy including: (a) a comprehensive database with a year of observations of the physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosol particles over Europe, (b) comprehensive aerosol measurements in four developing countries, (c) a database of airborne measurements of aerosols and clouds over Europe during May 2008, (d) comprehensive modeling tools to study aerosol processes from nano to global scale and their effects on climate and air quality. In addition a new Pan-European aerosol emissions inventory was developed and evaluated, a new cluster spectrometer was built and tested in the field and several new aerosol parameterizations and computations modules for chemical transport and global climate models were developed and evaluated. These achievements and related studies have substantially improved our understanding and reduced the uncertainties of aerosol radiative forcing and air quality-climate interactions. The EUCAARI results can be utilized in European and global environmental policy to assess the aerosol impacts and the corresponding abatement strategies.

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Apparently Rady is stuck in high school mode where "experiment" can only mean pouring chemicals into and out of beakers and test tubes!

 

[Jay Reynolds]

This kind of article is shamefully outrageous agitprop and should be the end of anyone ever taking Rady Ananda and any outlet that carried this article seriously.

Anyone who does carry this article clearly doesn't care about confirming information using primary source material. Thanks for getting after this one.

 

[MikeC]

Rady Ananda's blog is here if you'd like to ask some questions - I've inquired what the 10 years of Indian SRM experiments consists of.

 

[MikeC]

And apparently she doesn't want to comment on the 10 years of Indian experiments until the book comes out! What a surprise!

 

[Zane O'Neill]

Make

Also note the experiments he lists -

One of the programs listed, the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment, covered the Northern Hemisphere, measuring aerosols originating in Asia and crossing the Pacific into North America, then continuing across the continent, across the Atlantic Ocean and into Europe. Headed by the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, these flights ran in 2004 and 2006, and reportedly numbered less than four dozen.
Another “experiment,” the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions Project, started in January 2007 and ended in December 2010 – running for a full four years, and included Africa.
In addition to the joint regional projects, several nations also perform smaller field trials within their own borders. India admits to running SRM programs for over ten years.
Surely, field trials move way beyond “experiments” when they cover continents and cross oceans and are performed over a period of years.

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I am unsure what the Indians have "admitted to", but the 2 other experiments listed are
1/ Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - home page - a quick look at the platforms (aircraft and satellites) used shows that this "experiment" consists of MEASURING aerosols.

2/ The European Integrated project on Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality interactions (EUCAARI) is similarly measurement -

In this paper we describe and summarize the main achievements of the European Aerosol Cloud Climate and Air Quality Interactions project (EUCAARI). EUCAARI started on 1 January 2007 and ended on 31 December 2010 leaving a rich legacy including: (a) a comprehensive database with a year of observations of the physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosol particles over Europe, (b) comprehensive aerosol measurements in four developing countries, (c) a database of airborne measurements of aerosols and clouds over Europe during May 2008, (d) comprehensive modeling tools to study aerosol processes from nano to global scale and their effects on climate and air quality. In addition a new Pan-European aerosol emissions inventory was developed and evaluated, a new cluster spectrometer was built and tested in the field and several new aerosol parameterizations and computations modules for chemical transport and global climate models were developed and evaluated. These achievements and related studies have substantially improved our understanding and reduced the uncertainties of aerosol radiative forcing and air quality-climate interactions. The EUCAARI results can be utilized in European and global environmental policy to assess the aerosol impacts and the corresponding abatement strategies.

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Apparently Rady is stuck in high school mode where "experiment" can only mean pouring chemicals into and out of beakers and test tubes!

Makes you wonder how the aerosols got there to measure in the first place doesn't it?

 

[Mick West]

Make

Makes you wonder how the aerosols got there to measure in the first place doesn't it?

There's a variety of sources:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110721_particles.html

 

[Zane O'Neill]

There's a variety of sources:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110721_particles.html

You forgot Chemtrails in your diagram, funny that, lol

 

[Mick West]

You forgot Chemtrails in your diagram, funny that, lol

Since there is no evidence that chemtrails exist, then why would I include them?

Unless you just mean normal aircraft engine emissions? Those do contribute, but very little.

 

[skephu]

I think this is the research that was done in India:

Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB): An overview

During March–May 2006, an extensive, multi-institution, multi-instrument, and multi-platform integrated field experiment ‘Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget’ (ICARB) was carried out under the Geosphere Biosphere Programme of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO-GBP). The objective of this largest and most exhaustive field campaign, ever conducted in the Indian region, was to characterize the physico-chemical properties and radiative effects of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases over the Indian landmass and the adjoining oceanic regions of the Arabian Sea, northern Indian Ocean, and Bay of Bengal through intensive, simultaneous observations. A network of ground-based observatories (over the mainland and islands), a dedicated ship cruise over the oceanic regions using a fully equipped research vessel, the Sagar Kanya, and altitude profiling over selected regions using an instrumented aircraft and balloonsondes formed the three segments of this integrated experiment, which were carried out in tandem. This paper presents an overview of the ICARB field experiment, the database generated, and some of its interesting outcomes though these are preliminary in nature.

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[MikeC]

If it is it is pretty standard measurement of existing atmospheric conditions - no wonder she doesn't want to discuss them!!