No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known as cloud seeding, typically involves dispersing small silver iodide ...

Silver iodide is not soluble in water, so it is considered non-harmful, especially compared to other chemicals like sulfur, ...

Of the many political controversies spawned by this past year’s presidential election, one of the stranger episodes put a new spotlight on the idea of weather modification and conspiracies about human ...

In the aftermath of deadly floods in Central Texas, a bizarre theory emerged on social media: This was no act of God or natural disaster—it was man-made. “We must end the dangerous and deadly practice ...

Chinese government scientists have released results from a weather modification experiment in Xinjiang, where a fleet of cloud-seeding drones boosted rainfall by over 4% across more than 3,089 square ...

Back-to-back atmospheric rivers have filled reservoirs and caused flooding. Some are questioning whether the rain was caused by cloud seeding. Tardy says cloud seeding works when water is already ...

Researchers uncover how the surface structure of silver iodide at the atomic scale triggers ice formation in clouds, improving understanding of artificial rain and snow. (Nanowerk News) No one can ...

Humans have the technology to literally make snow fall from the clouds. In the drought-stricken Southwest, where the Colorado River needs every drop of water it can get, there are calls to use it more ...

When scientific rainmaking was invented in the U.S. in the late 19405, it seemed that at last man could do something about the weather. All over the world, commercial rainmakers armed themselves with ...