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Jun 04
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Ungineering, not geoengineering

By Agriculture, Arctic Sea Ice, climate emergency, climate pollution, climate restoration, Earth systems, Emissions, engineered solutions, Engineering, evolutionary boundaries, Forest Mortality, forestry, geoengineering, Gigs and Presentations, heat pollution, ice sheet, IMO, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, International Maritime Organization, marine cloud brightening, Negative emissions, ocean processes, permafrost melt, pine beetle, Podcasts, point of no return, pollution treatment, Presentations, solar radiation management, Solutions, Strategy, stratospheric aerosol injection, The Unexpected, tipping
Ungineering, not geoengineering by Bruce Melton, first published at the GRag Blog on May 27, 2026 Podcast from Rag Radio, 97.1 FM, Coop Austin (Cover image: Ship trails in the…
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Jun 04
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Geoengineering: We have been for centuries

By Abrupt changes, aerosols, Agriculture, Arctic Sea Ice, Bering dam, climate emergency, climate pollution, climate restoration, Earth systems, Emissions, engineered solutions, Engineering, evolutionary boundaries, forest health, Forest Mortality, forestry, geoengineering, Gigs and Presentations, heat pollution, ice curtain, ice sheets, IMO, Impacts, International Maritime Organization, marine cloud brightening, ocean processes, permafrost melt, point of no return, pollution treatment, powerpoint presentation, refreeze, regenerative, sea ice, solar radiation management, Solutions, stardust, stratospheric aerosol injection, tipping, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whale poop
Geoengineering: We have been for centuries Powerpoint Presentation, June 2, 2026 This presentation covers the concepts of geoengineering and pollution treatment that our advanced culture has been practicing for centuries…
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May 11
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Blame it on China and it Will Magically Disappear – Ignoring Climate Warming and Relaxing Air Pollution Standards

By aerosols, Air pollution, Big Bend National Park, BRAVO study, climate pollutants short-lived, climate restoration, climate warming, Deniers and Delayers, Earth systems, Emissions, Impacts, Legacy Policy, ozone, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, sulfur, Temperature, tipping
This is climate pollution. One cannot see the global warming gases, but what we can see are the global cooling particulates created by burning naturally occurring sulfur in fossil fuels.…
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May 04
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Weather Whiplash Defined by Peer Review Science

By Abrupt changes, Climate Catastrophes, climate emergency, Drought, epic drought, Extreme Weather, flood, Flooding, Hydroclimate whiplash, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, increased weather extremes, rainfall, Temperature, tipping, unprecedented flooding, Weather whiplash
Does it seem like the droughts and floods are getting bigger, deadlier, and more extreme and dangerous? If you are not a climate change denier, it’s not your imagination. Droughts…
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May 04
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Drought Now Driven by Heat, Not Lack of Precipitation

By Abrupt changes, albedo, climate change drought, climate restoration, Drought, Emissions flip, evapoaration, evapotranspiration, evolutionary boundaries, Extreme Weather, Fire, forest health, Forest Mortality, Heat, Heat drought, Impacts, Mesa Verde, rainfall, regeneration, Temperature, tipping
Heat Now Drives Western Drought, Not Precipitation… Forget about future drought extremes on a warmer planet. Droughts today have exceeded the evolutionary boundaries of most if not almost all of…
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Jan 07
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Climate Change Review 2025 – The Science of the Effects of Warming

By Abrupt changes, aerosol cooling, aerosols, Africa, albedo feedback, Amazon, Amazon record drought, Antar4ctic and Greenland ice sheets, Antarctic sea ice, Antarctica, Arctic tundra, At risk natural CO2 emissions, Australia’s black summer, Boreal forests, Carbon capture costs, carbon removal, CDR, Climate change review 2025, climate change science, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, Compound drought, Drought, Earth systems, Earth systems collapses, Earth systems degradation, East Asian sulfur regulations, Eclipses, effects of warming, Emissions flip, engineered solutions, Epic article, evolutionary boundaries, Extreme Weather, feedback, Fire, flood, Flooding, forest health, Forest Mortality, frozen ground, geoengineering, geoengineering experiments, Gigs and Presentations, Global temperature jump 2023 and 2024, good news, Groundwater loss, Gulf Stream, Heat, Hydroclimate whiplash, Hydrologic cycle impacts, ice sheet, ice sheets, IMO, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, International Maritime Organization, IRS 45Q, Mauna Loa, Near-cryogenic carbon capture, Near-future warming, ocean acidification, ocean processes, Oceans, Permafrost, permafrost melt, podcast, Podcasts, point of no return, rainfall, sea ice, Sea Level Rise, Sequestration flip, Shifting Ecology, Solutions, Strategy, Svalbard, Temperature, The Unexpected, tipping, tropical forests, Vegetation Response, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Western US Forests, Wildfire ignitions
Occidental Chemicals CO2 air capture unit in the Permian Basin about to begin operations. Climate Change Review 2025 – The Science of the Effects of Warming by Bruce Melton PE,…
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Nov 04
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Filming Logs 2026 – From Niagara Falls through New England and down to the Banks

By Beach Report, Beaches coastal, Drought, Earth systems, evolutionary boundaries, Extreme Weather, flood, Flooding, forest health, Forest Mortality, Impacts, ocean processes, Oceans, pine beetle, rainfall, Sea Level Rise, Shifting Ecology, Temperature, Vegetation Response
Filming Logs 2026 – From Niagara Falls through New England and down to the Banks Forest mortality in the Northeast is beginning to be obvious to normal citizens. This means…
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Oct 02
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An Important Tipping Point for Our Total Earth System Has Passed – Natural Sequestration of Atmospheric CO2 Has Begun To Decline

By Abrupt changes, adaptation, Amazon, climate restoration, CO2 Mauna Loa, Earth system, Earth systems, Earth systems flip, Emissions, Emissions flip, Emissions Scenarios, evolutionary boundaries, forest health, Forest Mortality, Impacts, natural systems emissions, Shifting Ecology, tipping
An Important Tipping Point for Our Total Earth System Has Passed – Natural Sequestration of Atmospheric CO2 Has Begun To Decline Natural sequestration of carbon dioxide is in decline: climate…
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Aug 08
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Grand Canyon National Park North Rim Infrastructure Destroyed – Massively Irresponsible Fire Control and Passive Climate Denial

By adaptation, Climate Catastrophes, climate emergency, Dragon Bravo Fire, Fire, forest health, Grand Canyuon National Park, Impacts, North Rim Burned, prescirbed burn, prescribed burn failure, The Unexpected, wildfire
Grand Canyon National Park North Rim Infrastructure Destroyed – Massively Irresponsible Fire Control and Passive Climate Denial Nary a word about climate change in reporting of the fire that destroyed…
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Jul 23
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It’s Flooding Down in Texas

By Atlas 14, climate change, climate emergency, Cow Creek, disasters, Earth systems, Engineering, evolutionary boundaries, extreme events, Extreme Weather, FEMA, flash flood, flood, flood plain, Flooding, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, increasing, Kerrville, National Weather Service, NOAA, Planning, rainfall, Texas, tipping, understated
It’s Flooding Down in Texas Climate change has undersized our world’s engineered infrastructure, and increased modern flood safety has created complacency in a flood world far different from the safe…
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Jul 02
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Sudden Jump in Academic Findings Indicating the Crossing of Numerous New Earth System Tipping Points

By Abrupt changes, Antarctic sea ice, climate change effects, Climate Culture, climate emergency, Climate Reform, climate restoration, climate solutions, CO2 Removal and Sequestration, Earth systems, Earth systems collapse, ecological collapse, ecological degradation, engineered solutions, Engineering, evolutionary boundaries, feedback, forest health, Forest Mortality, geoengineering, global warming effects, ice sheet, Impacts, Legacy Policy, modeling, ocean processes, Oceans, sea ice, Shifting Ecology, Solutions, Strategy, The Unexpected, tipping, tipping points, Vegetation Response
Findings since mid-May reveal new and more serious insight into tipping threshold crossing of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets, Antarctic sea ice, ocean acidification, and tropical and boreal forests.…
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Feb 04
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North Rim Grand Canyon Pyrocumulonimbus Danger

By Abrupt changes, aerosols, Black summer, climate emergency, climate restoration, Extreme Weather, extreme wildfire, Fire, Impacts, Ozone Hole, pyroCb, pyrocumulonimbus, raining fire, The Unexpected, wildfire, wildfire thunderstorm
Pyrocumulonimbus Threats from Climate Change-Caused Wildfire They rain lightning, not rainStarting fires 22 miles awayTheir fire tornados are far more extreme than fire devilsWith as much energy as a moderately-sized…
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Nov 26
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Climate Change Across America Filming Report, September/October 2024: East Coast and New England

By Abrupt changes, Acadia, Adirondacks, Appalachia, beach erosion, Beach Report, Beaches coastal, Cape Cod, climate emergency, evolutionary boundaries, Extreme Weather, filming report, flood, Flooding, forest health, Forest Mortality, ghost forests, Great Smoky Mountains, greening, Hatrteras, Impacts, in-depth and Popular Press, national park, Outer Banks, Photo tour, point of no return, Reports, salt water intrusion, salt water poisoning, Sea Level Rise, Shifting Ecology, The Unexpected, tipping, Vegetation Response
Climate Change Across America Filming Report, September/October 2024: East Coast and New England – A Summary Bruce Melton This season we witnessed 13,000 miles of climate change across the Eastern…
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Jul 26
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Climate Change Across America, May-June 2024

By Abrupt changes, Beach Report, Beaches coastal, evolutionary boundaries, filming report, forest health, Forest Mortality, ghost forests, Gigs and Presentations, Impacts, Photo tour, Podcasts, salt water poisoning, sea level intrusion, Sea Level Rise, Shifting Ecology, tipping, Vegetation Response
Radio Interview on MeltOn’s latest climate change filming trip from Texas to Delaware and the Outer Banks.Rag Radio (syndicated on Pacifica) Interview by Thorne Dreyer, July 27, 2024 (Article)Climate Change…
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