Does cloud seeding really work? An experiment above Idaho ...
www.science.org › content › articleJan 22, 2018 · Cloud seeding—sowing clouds with small particles to make them rain or snow—has a reputation as dodgy as the weather. That's because even though scientists have been seeding clouds since the 1940s, there was precious little proof the technique worked. Now, researchers flying two small planes through a bank of clouds in Idaho have shown, for the first time outside the lab, that humans can artificially turbocharge snowfall.