Belgian Environmental Study Corroborates Existence and Effects of Weather Modification

Belgian Environmental Study Corroborates Existence and Effects of Weather Modification

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Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post


Even as the mainstream media and a
television-obsessed American public refuse to admit the existence of
chemtrails and government-sponsored weather modification programs, the
evidence continues to mount with ever-increasing speed that not only do
these programs exist, but they are also effective and widespread.

In addition to the recent study published in Environmental Research Letters entitled, “Cost Analysis of Stratospheric Albedo Modification Delivery Systems,”
where the costs of delivering tonnes of aerosols into the stratosphere
were examined in terms of a variety of different means, a 2010 study
undertaken on behalf of the Belfort Group, a Belgian “environmental
watchdog” organization, also corroborates much of the information
compiled by citizens and activists the world over regarding the
existence of chemtrails and stratospheric weather modification programs.

The study, entitled, “Contrail Science, Its Impact On Climate and Weather Manipulation Programs Conducted By The United States And Its Allies,”
seeks to highlight “the specific problems associated with contrails
emitted by aircraft, the manipulation for defense purposes of some of
these trails by the United States government and the subsequent effect
on quality of life.”

Making a distinction between four different types of
man-made “clouds” – contrails, chemtrails, distrails (the tunnel
produced when a plane passes through a stable cloud), and wingtip
vortices (the vortex caused by planes flying at high speed) – the study
focuses on contrails and chemtrails.

Thus, the report defines chemtrails by stating,


Chemtrail
is the contraction of ‘chemical trail’ and is used by some sources to
denote intentional spraying by airplanes for military or political
purposes and that may be harmful to public health. A more general name
is ‘aviation smog,’ which combines contrails, distrails, and
‘chemtrails.’ Authors referring to chemtrails claim that this phenomena
is much more persistent than contrails and when sprayed in a grid it is
able to cover vast area’s.

Although
officially denied by government sources many countries performed tests
for ‘cloud seeding’ to either generate precipitation where it was needed
or to prevent precipitation where it is unwanted. At this moment only
the Russian and Chinese governments admit that they use particular
matter in order to manipulate weather patterns.
Divided
evenly between the analysis of the effects of contrails and chemtrails,
the Belfort study details some interesting findings regarding the
effects on both the weather and human health by traditional contrails in
addition to the much more dangerous chemtrails.
According to the study, in regards to the average daily temperature and
the overall cloud cover generated by contrails on a regular basis, a
survey of the average Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR) was conducted
during the rare period that commercial air traffic was grounded on and
in the days after September 11, 2001.

It was subsequently determined that a temperature increase of about 10 C
occurred during that period in comparison with the normal values.

The report states,


The
increase is larger than during the 11-14 September period for the
previous 30 years, giving ammunition to critics who state that weather
conditions at this specific period were very extraordinary and no
scientific based conclusions could be taken. However even more
surprising is the fact that the 11-14 September increase in DTR was more
than twice the national average for regions in the United States where
contrail coverage has previously reported to have been most abundant,
such as the Midwest, Northeast, and Northwest regions.
Furthermore, the report suggests that, after the resumption of normal air traffic, there was a temperature drop of 0.8⁰ C which it then uses to justify claims that contrails and air traffic do affect climate.

The report also states that Cirrus clouds, which
are similar to the types of “cloud” formations caused by chemtrail
spraying, has a significant effect on both climate and temperature. It
reads,

The
climate of the earth results from an energy balance between absorbed
sunlight and radiative losses of heat from earth and its atmosphere to
space. Clouds are an important modulator in this balance. Clouds reflect
sunlight back towards space, which reduces the solar energy available
to the earth – also called the Albedo effect. Clouds also reduce
radiative heat losses to space (greenhouse effect). Which of these two
opposing processes dominates depends on many parameters include cloud
particle composition, cloud structure, cloud cover, and cloud location.
Changes to only one of these parameters can have significant
implications for climate.
The greenhouse effect is weak for low altitude clouds, so their albedo effect dominates and they cool the Earth’s climate. In contrast, cold high altitude Cirrus clouds may either cool or warm the climate.
This will prove to be a key element whether to determine if weather
modification are being conducted on the planet in order to reduce
‘global warming.’
Cirrus
clouds thus have a strong greenhouse effect, which may outweigh their
Albedo effect losses. As the importance of both opposing effects depends
critically on little understood properties, theoretical calculations of
the climatic effects of Cirrus are controversial. The main uncertainty
stems from a current inability to calculate the scattering of sunlight
in Cirrus clouds, since they contain a multitude of ice crystal shapes
and sizes, and are irregular in structure. Even more, Stefan Kinne of
the NASA Ames Research Center states clearly that the Cirrus Albedo
effect is severely underestimated by calculations.[1]
This
proves that knowledge in this field of science is quite limited and
extensive research is mandatory in order to fully understand the impact
of Cirrus clouds on climate. In this respect it is noteworthy that
evidence of thin Cirrus clouds in the Stratosphere has already been
established.[2]
With
this in mind, the study attributes a substantial amount of climate,
environmental, and health risks to the existence of basic contrails, a
natural result of regular air traffic.

However, it should also be noted that the Belfort
report seems to present an apparent confusion in regards to its own
terminology, i.e. contrails vs. chemtrails. This is because the term
“contrails” is used in some circumstances as meaning the traditional ice
trail produced by normal air traffic, and in other circumstances as
meaning the typical chemtrail.

For this reason, this writer suggests
interpreting the term “contrails” as “persistent contrails,” since it is
the lack of dissipation that would necessarily produce any cloud
creation that one usually associates with chemtrails as well as the
concerns in relation to precipitation, pollution, and large-scale
environmental and health risks.

Nevertheless, in regards to precipitation, the
Belfort report summarizes conclusions reached by Professor D. Rosenfeld
of the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(Israel). The report states,

The
conclusion of the study group [Professor Rosenfeld’s] is as follows:
both [air pollution, particularly with aerosols, can both increase or
decrease rainfall] can be true, depending on local environmental
conditions. The amount of aerosols is the critical factor controlling
how the energy is distributed in the atmosphere.[3]
According to this survey they followed the energy flow through the
atmosphere and the way it is influenced by aerosols and other ‘airborne’
particles. On this planet there is indeed an interaction of energy
between the different cells within the troposphere in order to obtain a
life sustaining temperature (15⁰ C in the International Standard Atmosphere at sea level).
Aerosols
act twofold: on one hand they act like a sunscreen reducing the amount
of energy reaching the ground. Accordingly less water evaporates and the
air mass at ground level stays cooler and drier, with a reduced
tendency to rise and form clouds.
Aerosols
act as a sunscreen with a subsequent reduction of energy reaching the
ground. Some sources refer to this phenomenon as ‘global dimming.’[4]
Yet,
according to the Belfort report, there are other variables regarding
the connection between aerosols and man-made/incidental precipitation.
Namely, the amount of particulate matter such as aerosols that act as
nuclei for condensation. As the Belfort report states,

.
. . if there is a surplus of these condensation nuclei as a result of
natural activity (e.g. Vulcan eruption) or men’s intervention (e.g.
industrial pollution, contrails) the droplets never reach the critical
mass needed to fall to earth as precipitation because there is just not enough water to share between all the aerosol particles.
Furthermore with a rising number of droplets their overall surface
increases, which on turn increases the amount of sunlight reflected back
to space with subsequent cooling and drying of the Earth.
Going further, the Belfort report cites a separate study by a Professor Rosenberg where it summarizes his findings by writing:

In
a nutshell the study of Prof. Rosenberg shows the following: with
rising pollution, the amount of precipitation at first rises, then maxes
out and finally falls off sharply at very high aerosol concentrations.
Of even more interest is his conclusion: ‘The practical result is that
in relatively clean air, adding aerosols up to the amount that releases
the maximum of available energy increases precipitation. Beyond that
point, increasing the aerosol load even further, lessens precipitation.’
Thus,
aerosol spraying can affect the climate and environment by both
increasing or decreasing precipitation and/or, inversely, causing
dehydration as well.

Professor Rosenberg further states that “The
determination of this issue is one with significant consequences in an
era of climate change and especially in areas suffering from manmade
pollution and water shortages, including Israel.” The latter part of
this statement should be very alarming to citizens of all nations,
considering the fact that fresh drinking water is increasingly becoming a highly-valued asset in modern times.

Interestingly enough, the Belfort report also
mentions three areas of “man-made Cirrus” cloud ramifications that have
been understudied (as more of a political reticence than scientific) but
that might very well play a part in the changing of the climate. It
states,

The
obvious side effects of the formation of contrails is the impact on
astronomy. One has seldom a clear sky available for observation in areas
with dense air traffic.
With
changing cloud cover and subsequent temperature drop in the upper layer
of the troposphere, hurricane activity may be increased as a result of
the released instability. It is noteworthy that storms and major floods
have more than tripled since 1981. No apparent relationship between
aircraft engine emissions, aerosols, contrails and hurricane activity
has been established yet on a scientifically basis.
It
is accepted that knowledge on man made Cirrus cloud is relatively poor
and that study of the impact of contrails on the Stratosphere is only in
its initial phases. However one can assume that it might have an impact
on higher layers and the ozone layer. Ozone depletion does not only
occur as a result of industrial activity, but also due to multiple
nuclear tests conducted in the 20^th century.
Considering
the wide range of components necessary to conduct an aerosol spraying
campaign, for whatever purposes, there are at least three requirements
that must be met in order to conduct such a campaign successfully
according to the Belfort report. They are,
1.) Development of a reliable matrix of aerosol ingredients versus field conditions.
2.) Engineering of an efficient, reliable but low cost system in order to seed the atmosphere.
3.) Sponsorship through government agencies with a far-reaching commitment of captains of industry.
The
Belfort Group thus rightly concludes that all of these elements were in
place at the time of the publication of the report (2010) except for
the reliability factor. However, the report goes on to summarize an
extensive history of geo-engineering projects since the mid-20^th Century.

Thus, while the report itself does not suggest
that the reliability factor exists, the fact that so many years of tests
and attempts at geo-engineering does provide the average reader with
plenty of reasons to believe that the reliability factor does, in fact
exist. Since most projects known to the general public are far behind
the true level of sophistication of government/military programs, one
would likely be safe in the assumption that the
chemtrail/geo-engineering programs are much more advanced than even the
Belfort Group is aware of.

In the end, and after approximately seventy pages of documentation, the Belfort Group concludes the following:

1.) Manipulation
of climate through modification of Cirrus clouds is neither a hoax nor a
conspiracy theory, but currently the best option in geo-engineering
considered by decision makers to counter global warming. The impact of
production of artificial Cirrus clouds on temperature and precipitation
patterns is supported by adequate hard scientific evidence.
2.) The
ambition of the United States is to control the weather by the year
2025, both for civil and military purposes (offensive and defensive
strategies). This research paper contains a proven track record to
support that statement.
3.) The
technology to organize spraying actions on a global scale is widely
available. Both civil and military aviation is used for that purpose.
The mix, containing oxides of metals and chemical components, can either
be dispersed through special designed pods or directly incorporated
into the jet fuel. This research paper is well documented in this
respect.
4.) Since
the patents are owned by the main defense contractor for the U.S. armed
forces (Raytheon) or the U.S. Department of Defense itself and given
the history record it is obvious that current climate manipulation
programs are organized and directed by the United States government.
5.) The
spraying actions in Europe are only possible with prior approval and
intense co-ordination on top government level and industry on executive
level. The general public is intentionally kept unaware of the existence
of such projects.
6.) Although
the spraying actions may be considered legal these actions may have a
potential detrimental effect on health. There is sufficient scientific
evidence available in this research paper to support this thesis.
The
report also presents four sets of recommendations in going forward
regarding chemtrails or, as the report chooses to classify them, manmade
contrails.


a.) Artificial
Cirrus clouds should be classified as a separate cloud genus by the
WMO. Additional scientific research with the effects on nature and
public health on this subject should be considered. Results – whatever
the outcome – should be made public.
b.) It
is unacceptable that the AWACS aircraft fleet under NATO operates under
a Luxembourg registrations without complying with civil aviation
regulations. This is a flagrant violation of the law and this should be
corrected in the near future. Given the very unfavorable engine emission
ratios of this aircraft retrofitting of these engines should be
considered as soon as practical.
c.) When
considering a legal case it is better to sue an industrial group, such
as Raytheon, rather than a government agency. It is clear for us that
the responsibility of Raytheon in this respect is far reaching with the
creation of a monopoly in climate modeling or weather as a
geo-engineering or a military instrument. If possible an international
ban should be placed on such weapons.
d.) Although
the existence of weather modification projects have been illustrated in
an adequate way in this research paper it is now the duty of a serious
politician on any level to make enquiries to the government for public
release of these spraying schemes through aviation. It is mandatory that
such a statement should include the reason why such operations are
conducted. It is not an option to hide behind the motive of national
security.
Unfortunately, with the exception
of an expanded awareness of chemtrails (or persistent man-made
contrails) amongst the general public, the recommendations made by the
Belfort Group have gone completely ignored by those in government,
science, academia, and the mainstream media ever since its publication.
Regardless, the Belfort Group’s report stands as
yet one more documented piece of the puzzle regarding the incessant
spraying campaigns now taking place worldwide on a daily basis. While
immediate action is not to be expected at this time, the Belfort Group’s
report and all other available resources, must be used by those of us
who are aware of chemtrail spraying campaigns to educate those of us who
are not.

Source:-
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01/belgian-environmental-study.html