(THE CONVERSATION) When an unexpected rainstorm leaves you soaking wet, it is an annoyance. When a drought leads to fires, crop failures and water shortages, the significance of weather becomes ...

Iowa joins other GOP-led states that have looked to ban the controversial "geoengineering" concept of counteracting climate ...

Many water officials have seen cloud seeding as one possible fix for the U.S. West’s drought, which has now stretched to 25 years and is believed to be the second worst in the past 1,200 years.

Some believe it’s time Montana addresses its inconsistent snowpack through a process known as cloud seeding. Goodman, 72, has ...

Cloud seeding usually involves planes releasing silver iodide crystals into clouds to increase rainfall in dry areas. Nine states currently use this method, while 10 have banned it or are ...

The UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) announced earlier this year, it is looking for ways to develop the capability to analyse a cloud’s seeding potential, with even more ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s decades-long efforts to aid farmers by reshaping the weather through “cloud seeding” is facing fierce opposition in the state Capitol, where ...

In the region around Reno, Nevada, cloud seeding is estimated to add enough water to supply about 400,000 households annually, according to the DRI. While humans can enhance existing weather, it ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has experimented with cloud seeding for decades, using ground devices and airplanes to disperse silver iodide and liquid propane to pad moisture statistics in one of the ...

North Dakota's decades-long efforts to aid farmers by reshaping the weather through “cloud seeding” is facing fierce opposition in the state Capitol, where legislation could outlaw the ...

It is an unconventional method the department says is only used in Thailand. "This is not the usual cloud seeding," said programme head Chanti Detyothin. Countries have long tried "cloud seeding ...