ally bombing foray during World War II “ inadvertently experimented on the weather ” in England by creating monumental concentrations of artificial cloud as the planes roared off toward continental Europe .
Researchers quoted by New Scientist lay claim that “ where the aircraft circled and assembled into shaping , ” on one particular 24-hour interval back in 1944 for which military , meteorological , and even anecdotal eyewitness record are available , “ it was importantly cloudier and 0.8 ° C cooler than the area upwind of the bases . ”
In many ways , this is both obvious and uninteresting , as , of course of study , any uniquely large - plate act of hokey cloud - production - such as aircraft contrail - would have at least some effect on local weather .
But what , to me , seems most remarkable about this story is the in darkness poetical idea that state of war brings with it its own meteorology , its own skies , storms , and standard pressure , literally altering the very firmament beneath which human affairs take place . World War II becomes an even more frightening event , as Lord’s Day - obliterating cloudfronts of motorized combat roll eastward over the destroy cities of Europe .
( patched via@subtopes ; also , you could learn more about weather war inThe BLDGBLOG Book ) .
Image : confederative bomber in World War 2 ; viaKUED . This post originally appeared onBLDGBLOG .
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