Down the road sometime, we will discover the long-term effects of cloud-seeding (usually with silver iodide) over the Rockies. Nudging clouds to drop their precipitation in ways that are beneficial to humans in the short-term has been going on since the 50's and is still being done by Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. As I understand it, its effect on downwind and rain shadow states is still debatable.
Two large studies I know of suggest cloud seeding is more hype than science. It's difficult or impossible to measure effects at local and regional levels. I view them no differently than snake-oil salesmen and con artists until someone can prove that it works and is worth the cost -- and all that silver has to go somewhere. Conservation will always be the key.
Predictable winners and losers. It's so sad we call it progress when everything progresses but our humanity.
Down the road sometime, we will discover the long-term effects of cloud-seeding (usually with silver iodide) over the Rockies. Nudging clouds to drop their precipitation in ways that are beneficial to humans in the short-term has been going on since the 50's and is still being done by Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. As I understand it, its effect on downwind and rain shadow states is still debatable.
Two large studies I know of suggest cloud seeding is more hype than science. It's difficult or impossible to measure effects at local and regional levels. I view them no differently than snake-oil salesmen and con artists until someone can prove that it works and is worth the cost -- and all that silver has to go somewhere. Conservation will always be the key.
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/08/cloud-seeding-might-not-be-effective-once-believed-report-reveals/
Thanks, Tom. I appreciate the attachment.