Cloud seeding is in the news these days. Recently, an attempt to induce artificial rain, i.e., cloud seeding, was ...
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Cloud seeding, the study says, “should be viewed, at best, as a potential high-cost, emergency short-term measure, contingent on stringent forecasting criteria” ...
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Opinion

Rainless lessons

Delhi’s failed experiment with artificial rain is more than just a technical disappointment ~ it is a sobering reflection of the city’s long-standing dependence on gimmicky short-term fixes for a ...
A study explains why the initial trials, conducted in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur, failed to produce the desired rainfall ...
Doctors in Delhi have told residents to leave the city because of toxic smog. Hospitals in India’s capital have reported a ...
According to the Indian government, the experiment helped to reduce air pollution — but researchers attribute that to the weather.
The trials also led to a political slugfest, as the AAP targeted the BJP over the failure to create artificial rain.
Officials experimented with cloud seeding to try and reduce environmental pollutants as residents choke on filthy air.