I LOL'ed because I am your "Dr. Vogel" to a "T". Have we met?

Nicely done. You encode a lot of information into the set and setting. As a mimetic virus it's effective. Come for the laugh, carry away a new thought on the state of the climate.

Good job.

If you want a fully comprehensive version of your story here's my piece.

LiBT-025 : Let’s talk about Climate Science - Specifically, let’s talk about why “Climate Science” was 30–40 years off on how fast the planet would warm up.