Episode 1729 • • 1:03:42 - 1:10:41
1729: Algo Chasers
NPR Climate Science, Ship Tracks, and Chemtrail Theories
NPR reports on the "gobsmackingly bananas" heat of 2023 and 2024, citing climate scientists Zeke Hausfather and Gavin Schmidt. The report explores why temperatures exceeded expectations, ruling out solar cycles and volcanoes while investigating "ship tracks"—clouds formed by ship pollution. Scientists suggest that cleaner shipping fuel reduced these cooling clouds, contributing to a hotter planet, a logic the hosts find contradictory and reminiscent of "chemtrail" theories.