Cloud seeding

[Nwgs2]

Cloud Seeding: Advantages and Disadvantages | Earth.Org

Since its inception, cloud seeding has evolved into a solution to droughts, a tool for firefighting, and a catalyst for weather modification.

earth.org

Cloud seeding - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It seems a bit of a touchy subject in the GD.

But worth exploring I think.

 

[MNW67]

I remember the Dubai floods last year and some people blamed cloud seeding.

What is cloud seeding and did it cause Dubai flooding?

Dubai has been hit by record floods, sparking misleading speculation about cloud seeding.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Nwgs2]

I remember the Dubai floods last year and some people blamed cloud seeding.

What is cloud seeding and did it cause Dubai flooding?

Dubai has been hit by record floods, sparking misleading speculation about cloud seeding.

www.bbc.co.uk

And there’s the issue of does the cloud seeding only effect the area it’s designed for, or does it spread.

 

[Notch7]

It seems a bit of a touchy subject in the GD.

cant see why

 

[MNW67]

And there’s the issue of does the cloud seeding only effect the area it’s designed for, or does it spread.

I've just been looking at that because it forms part of this article.

Dodging silver bullets: how cloud seeding could go wrong

When it comes to alleviating water shortages made worse by climate change, cloud seeding is—at best—just a drop in the bucket.

thebulletin.org

 

[Notch7]

It seems a bit of a touchy subject in the GD

no doubt Aveatry will be along to claim that Hurricane Milton was "engineered"

 

[Nwgs2]

cant see why

I’ve been banned from the climate thread and had my posts removed.

Who knows

 

[IT Minion]

Because it's classic conspiracy lunatic nonsense.

Cloud seeding is a thing, there is weak evidence that it can be used to adjust where rain falls. This is true.

Lunatics take that and go running with it. Some seem to think that it's in mass use (it's not) and is used to manipulate the worlds weather (it isnt) as some sort of Bond style evil plan (can't remember which one best fits).

It often gets rolled into the Contrails nutjob territory where Jet Contrails are evidence of cloud seeding (done so badly it would be even less use than normal).

 

[Nwgs2]

Because it's classic conspiracy lunatic nonsense.

Cloud seeding is a thing, there is weak evidence that it can be used to adjust where rain falls. This is true.

Its scientifically proven to work.

I’m just wondering if it works a little too well.

 

[IT Minion]

Its scientifically proven to work.

I’m just wondering if it works a little too well.

Not really, the evidence based is pretty weak last time I looked. Which also opposed your theory, effective things are easy to demonstrate and prove.

 

[Nwgs2]

Not really, the evidence based is pretty weak last time I looked. Which also opposed your theory, effective things are easy to demonstrate and prove.

Last time you looked….

Last night it didn’t exist.

 

[Notch7]

I’ve been banned from the climate thread and had my posts removed.

Who knows

sorry to hear that

wasnt anything to do with me

personally I think cloud seeding is an interesting concept

 

[Nwgs2]

sorry to hear that

wasnt anything to do with me

personally I think cloud seeding is an interesting concept

It’s definitely worth a discussion.

I’m not saying it’s got anything to do with climate change.

But it could have

 

[Notch7]

Its scientifically proven to work.

I’m just wondering if it works a little too well.

I havent seen any evidence to show it has much effect on weather systems other than locally

I believe the Desert research Institute have been making some rather fanciful claims............

 

[IT Minion]

Last time you looked….

Last night it didn’t exist.

It's even in the wiki article you posted.

Whether cloud seeding is effective in producing a statistically significant increase in precipitation is a matter of academic debate, with contrasting results depending on the study in question and contrasting opinion among experts.[12]

A study conducted by the United States National Academy of Sciences failed to find statistically significant support for cloud seeding's effectiveness. Based on its findings, Stanford University ecologist Jerry Bradley said: "I think you can squeeze out a little more snow or rain in some places under some conditions, but that's quite different from a program claiming to reliably increase precipitation."

What proof are you thinking of?