The effort involves cloud seeding, a technique whereby aircraft fly into rain-heavy clouds and release salt, or sodium chloride (NaCl), to encourage rainfall in less hazardous areas such as open ...

JAKARTA, March 9 (Bernama) -- Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has intensified cloud seeding efforts to address rainfall-related disasters in flood- and landslide-prone areas.

Cloud seeding is the technique that involves weather modification leading to the improvement of the ability of a cloud to pour rain. The process involves the introduction of small ice nuclei into ...

China extensively uses cloud seeding technology, spending billions of dollars to modify the weather. Other countries have also invested in the technology, including Indonesia and Malaysia.