It’s human nature to want to blame somebody for a tragedy like the Texas floods. But meteorologists have said that the rain ...

For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the ...

Experts say outlandish claims of weather manipulation are hindering disaster preparedness and emergency response.

They also presume an ability for humans to quickly reshape the weather far beyond relatively puny efforts such as cloud-seeding.

Cloud seeding is "generally deployed when conditions of wind, moisture and dust are insufficient to lead to rain," said the BBC. It has been used in places all over the world, including the U.S.

Heavy rains in Dubai have prompted theories that “cloud seeding” may be to blame—but many experts are skeptical.

As torrential rains pounded California in February 2024, social media posts claimed "cloud seeding" triggered the storms and constituted an "environmental hazard." This is false; while the process has ...

No small part of the cloud seeding growth is due to intense pressure drought is placing on the Colorado River and its tributaries that supply water to millions of people from Wyoming to Los Angeles… ...

Google trails Amazon and Microsoft in selling cloud services to other companies, but its efforts to catch up may be hindered by its own ethics policies.

Does cloud seeding really work? Researchers are combining studies of ice formation with remote-sensing techniques to give rainmaking scheme a firm scientific footing by Janet Pelley, special to C&EN ...