New Names, Old Truths: What the Sky is Trying to Tell Us
For centuries, clouds have been poetry drifting through the sky. Children gaze up and see dragons, dreamers see symbols, and meteorologists see data. But in 2017, the sky got new names—words that didn’t float in with a breeze but came from something more grounded… and more human.
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After 30 years of silence, the International Cloud Atlas was updated. For most, that might sound like just another science book. But hidden in that update were five new cloud classifications that tell a story far bigger than weather. These names weren’t just about clouds. They were about consequences.
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The Rise of Homogenitus
Among the newcomers were clouds like flammagenitus (born of wildfire), silvagenitus (born from forest evapotranspiration), and homogenitus—a word that should make every one of us pause.
Homogenitus means clouds generated by humans.
Let that sink in.
We’ve reached a point where our daily activities—planes in the sky, factories on the ground, and high-atmosphere experiments—are leaving visible scars across the heavens. These aren't harmless wisps. They're persistent, often metallic-looking trails that linger, spread, and veil the sun. In the old days, they might have been dismissed as vapor trails. Today, they’ve been given a name. Not because they’re harmless, but because they’re now a pattern.
They’re official. They’re normalized. And that should terrify us.
When Naming Becomes Numbing
By calling them cirrus homogenitus or cirrus homomutatus, meteorologists and institutions have done what science often does: classify, catalog, and move on.
But this isn't just science. It's engineering the atmosphere. It's geoengineering in plain sight, with trails that don’t just mark where a plane has been, but what it may have left behind—aluminum, barium, sulfuric acid aerosols—all in the name of solar radiation management, weather modification, or something more shadowed.
We’ve traded open blue skies for a manufactured mist.
And we’ve been trained not to question it.
This Is Not Normal.
And You Are Not Powerless.
If you're reading this, you already sense something’s off. You’ve seen days where the sky starts vibrant and ends in a dull metallic haze. You’ve watched as crisscrossing trails turn into a sheet, dimming sunlight, drying the air, and cloaking the stars.
This isn’t just weather. It’s policy in the sky. And it’s being written without our consent.
But awareness is the first pressure point. And pressure changes everything.
“While these sulfate aerosols would largely mitigate the impacts of greenhouse gas-induced climate change, there are unintended side effects in these simulations that we need to understand”
Here's What You Can Do:
Look Up, Document, Share. Start paying attention to your skies. Take photos. Record dates. Patterns matter.
Ask Questions. Out Loud. Why are these trails spreading instead of evaporating? What’s being released? Who approved this?
Educate Others. Use the WMO's own language: homogenitus and homomutatus. Let people know this isn't a conspiracy—it’s classification.
Support Transparency Initiatives. Demand environmental accountability from local and federal agencies.
Join the Movement. Connect with citizen scientists, pilots, researchers, and environmental watchdogs working to expose and end harmful geoengineering practices.
Final Thought: Clouds Shouldn’t Come with Footnotes
The sky has always been our compass, our calendar, our canvas. Let’s not let it become a chalkboard for secret science.
Now that the clouds have names… it’s time to start calling them out.
