Article 5FP75 Make it rain: US states embrace 'cloud seeding' to conquer drought

Make it rain: US states embrace 'cloud seeding' to conquer drought

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Oliver Milman
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Cloud seeding involves adding small particles of silver iodide to clouds to spur rainfall - but will it work?

With three-quarters of the US west gripped by a seemingly ceaseless drought, several states are increasingly embracing a drastic intervention - the modification of the weather to spur more rainfall.

Related: Climate crisis: recent European droughts 'worst in 2,000 years'

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