This happens right as the Museum is going through a crisis following a cyber-attack this summer… They are still recovering from this in terms of IT. I’m not sure how related it is, but it could be that their security got impacted, and the thiefs knew it.
I thought the impact of climate change on El Nino was not really settled (notably due to the erratic nature of the ENSO), do you happen to have a source on that?
This happens right as the Museum is going through a crisis following a cyber-attack this summer… They are still recovering from this in terms of IT. I’m not sure how related it is, but it could be that their security got impacted, and the thiefs knew it.