Weathering the Climate Debate: Meet the Young Meteorologist Challenging the Hysteria

 

In the quiet town of Charles Town, West Virginia, a young voice is rising above the din of climate alarmism. Chris Martz, a 22-year-old meteorologist fresh out of Millersville University, is challenging the prevailing narrative on climate change — and he’s not doing it quietly. “I’m the anti-Greta Thunberg. In fact, she’s only 19 days older than me,” Martz says with a confident grin. He’s made it his mission to counter what he calls climate hysteria, with science and data at the center of his argument.

 

 

While Greta Thunberg became a global symbol of climate urgency through emotional pleas and activism, Martz has taken a more analytical route. “I’ve always been a science-based, fact-based person,” he explains over lunch. His father’s advice stuck with him: “If you’re going to put something online, especially getting into a scientific or political topic, make sure what you’re saying is accurate. That way you establish a good credibility and rapport with your followers.”

 

He began tweeting about weather in high school and now commands an audience of more than 100,000 followers. Among them are powerful political figures, including Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee and Representatives Chip Roy and Thomas Massie. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis even paraphrased one of Martz’s tweets last year to push back against claims that Hurricane Milton was a product of climate change. “It was word-for-word my post,” Martz says. “His team follows me.”

 

 

Martz has caught the attention of notable figures outside of politics too. Former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler recently hosted him for lunch in Washington, and Hollywood celebrities like Dean Cain and Larry the Cable Guy have become admirers. “They didn’t have to be as nice as they were. They just treated me like I was their next-of-kin,” Martz says.

 

Born to a mechanic father and a mother working in federal water science, Martz’s fascination with meteorology began early. But his drive wasn’t fueled by storm-chasing fantasies — it came from skepticism. He recalls sweating in church on Christmas Eve 2015 during an unseasonably warm day. “Everyone seems to remember white Christmases when they were a kid, but the data doesn’t back that up. It may be that we’re remembering all the movies where it snows at Christmas,” he notes.

 

That curiosity turned into a full-blown mission after he investigated Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Contrary to media narratives, Martz found there had been a 12-year drought of major hurricanes making landfall in the U.S. “That was the longest period on record,” he says, referencing data going back to the 1700s.

 

Martz calls himself a “lukewarm skeptic,” acknowledging some warming and the role humans may play, but attributing most changes to natural variability. “Models are not evidence,” he says, cautioning against overreliance on climate projections. “Since 1979, there’s been an eastward shift in Tornado Alley. Okay, that’s evidence of climate change. That’s not evidence that humans caused it.”

 

He believes many natural phenomena, like tornado patterns and forest fires, have historical precedents that debunk the idea of a new, human-driven climate apocalypse. “Between 900 and 1300 AD, there was a 400-year-long drought that was worse than today’s in the southwestern United States,” he says, disputing popular claims about worsening wildfires.

 

For Martz, the true danger lies not in carbon emissions but in the politicization of science. “It’s all a giant money-making scheme,” he asserts. “Politicians and bureaucrats latch on to scientific issues to try and get certain policies implemented. In usual cases, it’s a left-wing, authoritarian kind of control.”

 

Though he’s faced smear campaigns and attempts to have him expelled during college, Martz remains undeterred. “They don’t seem to realize yet that cancel culture doesn’t work anymore,” he says. “They’re getting angry because they’re losing their grip on the narrative.”

 

With youth on his side and data in hand, Chris Martz represents a rising countercurrent in the climate conversation — one that insists truth must take precedence over panic.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from NYP  2025-06-04

 

 

Uh oh.

Some bimbo will be along soon to accuse him of sexual assault.

 

Of course, it won't be true.  But it'll shut him up.  That's how the lefties rock.

 

Edit:  Or they'll find a photo of him waving at someone and accuse him of doing a Nazi salute.  That works, too.

 

Bravo young man !

2 hours ago, Social Media said:

He began tweeting about weather in high school and now commands an audience of more than 100,000 followers.

He should have millions and millions of followers.

13 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:

He should have millions and millions of followers.

I would think it is difficult to get the average person to believe and follow his narrative even with statistical proof showing the data that supports his claims. Just look how those who dispelled Covid or the vaccines got/get treated.

 

2 hours ago, Social Media said:

Politicians and bureaucrats latch on to scientific issues to try and get certain policies implemented. In usual cases, it’s a left-wing, authoritarian kind of control.”

 

I do believe what the OP says about this being a left-wing control that is used though. This is seen obviously in many things. Politicians use this sort of tactic quite often as seen mostly with the Democrats. 

CC is a scam.

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

CC is a scam.

 

It's real.  The climate has been changing for billions of years, and it will continue to change, even after the zombie apocalypse and when there's no industrial activity at all.

 

The scam is taking money from some and handing it over to others.

 

Climate change is real only so far as they can tax you based on the fairytale (e.g. carbon taxes).

 

This punk Marx is a limited hangout, controlled opposition. He telling only half the story.

 

He don't touch geoengineering, the real schnizzit.

He is neither qualified, nor experienced enough to offer expert analysis. At best, he can read the weather on radio.

He is a graduate of Millersville. It is not known for its R&D or  as a center of excellence for meteorology. 

Once he has completed  advanced education and training and had a few years of field experience and research under his belt, he can offer a credible opinion.

5 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

He is neither qualified, nor experienced enough to offer expert analysis. At best, he can read the weather on radio.

He is a graduate of Millersville. It is not known for its R&D or  as a center of excellence for meteorology. 

Once he has completed  advanced education and training and had a few years of field experience and research under his belt, he can offer a credible opinion.

Greta and Gore have no qualifications 

He's been fact-checked and found to have been making misleading statements:

 

https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.34QL9NW

2 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

He's been fact-checked and found to have been making misleading statements:

 

https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.34QL9NW

By leftists 

The great climate scam, the invisible bogeyman

3 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

The great climate scam, the invisible bogeyman

 

Are you able to see gravity directly?

MMCC

Global warming

Rising seas

Men can get pregnant 

 

 

58 minutes ago, Patong2021 said:

He is neither qualified, nor experienced enough to offer expert analysis. At best, he can read the weather on radio.

He is a graduate of Millersville. It is not known for its R&D or  as a center of excellence for meteorology. 

Once he has completed  advanced education and training and had a few years of field experience and research under his belt, he can offer a credible opinion.

Since YOU have the years of field experience and research why don't you give us the real facts that prove him wrong.

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Some bimbo will be along soon to accuse him of sexual assault.

 

Of course, it won't be true.  But it'll shut him up.  That's how the lefties rock.

 

Edit:  Or they'll find a photo of him waving at someone and accuse him of doing a Nazi salute.  That works, too.

 

No it’s not true, you made it up.

1 hour ago, thesetat said:

I would think it is difficult to get the average person to believe and follow his narrative even with statistical proof showing the data that supports his claims. Just look how those who dispelled Covid or the vaccines got/get treated.

 

I do believe what the OP says about this being a left-wing control that is used though. This is seen obviously in many things. Politicians use this sort of tactic quite often as seen mostly with the Democrats. 

They also use children, Thunberg, for sympathy. This is the same tactic that Hitler used.

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

No it’s not true, you made it up.

I'm just using the ol' lefty trick of predicting the future as if it's an indisputable truth. 

 

And you'd better send money or parts are going to fall off.  Parts that you'll miss.

 

33 minutes ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

 

Are you able to see gravity directly?

Yes

2 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Yes

Please take a photo and share it with us. Might win the Nobel Prize.

30 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

No it’s not true, you made it up.

Was Bookers National Socialist salute the same as Musks?

5 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Was Bookers National Socialist salute the same as Musks?

What's bookers claim to fame? having a 24hour trump rant 

1 minute ago, frank83628 said:

What's bookers claim to fame?

He was banging some hot actress, but other that, he is just another DEI racist

In case you haven't noticed, young Miss Thunberg has dropped out of the "Climate Change Is Gonna Kill Us All" crowd and has picked up the Palestinian gauntlet and joined the a crew of a mega-$ized $ailboat to "break 'Israel's siege' of Gaza."

Lindsey Graham, who always provides we Americans with a chuckle, stated, "I hope she can swim."  

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Some bimbo will be along soon to accuse him of sexual assault.

 

I think you nailed it! 

2 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

He is neither qualified, nor experienced enough to offer expert analysis. At best, he can read the weather on radio.

 

That and a few graphs are all you need to debunk a lot of the climate change hoaxes.

 

Here's one of my favorites.  From WaPo, no less:

 

 

 

They say it's a warning of the consequences of human-caused warming.  But it really shows how little human activity affects the changes.

 

2 hours ago, impulse said:

 

It's real.  The climate has been changing for billions of years, and it will continue to change, even after the zombie apocalypse and when there's no industrial activity at all.

 

The scam is taking money from some and handing it over to others.

 

Remember, the scam started off as "Man-Made Global Warming" but when that square peg couldn't be rammed into the round hole of reality, the media and the manipulators changed it to "Climate Change."

Of course - the freaking Climate Changes minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year, decade by decade, century by century, millennium by millennium, megannum by megannum, era by era.  It's always changing. Sometimes hotter, sometimes colder, sometimes wetter, sometimes drier, sometimes windier, sometimes calmer. But it never reaches stasis because its behavior is driven by that big, shiny star we call "The Sun" and its affect on that other ever-changing phenomenon called our atmosphere.  But Boy Howdy there is big money in promoting the Climate Change drivel that humans and farting cows are driving the change and the only answer is to tax the living cr*p out of humans and give those funds to Al Gore in order to create an artificial fabrication called a "Carbon Offset" which Al Gore skims a percentage off of the top and make himself and his friends who promote this clap-trap fabulously rich on the backs of average citizens who are getting poorer by the year.  Oh - and for the plebs, commoners, and little-people to stop eating meat and instead eat Bill Gate's answer to Soylent Green - fake meat.

It's all a con and a da*m good one at that.  But it looks like little Greta has bailed and moved on to Saving Gaza.

1 hour ago, impulse said:

I'm just using the ol' lefty trick of predicting the future as if it's an indisputable truth. 

 

And you'd better send money or parts are going to fall off.  Parts that you'll miss.

 

Nah you’re just making stuff up to feed your need to be aggrieved.