Cloud Seeding It is now five years since dry ice was first used to make rain. An account of the present state of the technique, with special reference to the sowing of silver iodide for large ...

With a third year of drought on the horizon, irrigators are looking at the possibility of cloud seeding to increase precipitation and help crops in the Yakima Basin.

In a state where every raindrop counts, scientists in the Desert Research Institute’s Cloud Seeding Program have mastered the ...

“When we do cloud seeding, we are looking for clouds that have tiny super-cooled liquid droplets,” she explains. Silver iodide is very similar in structure to an ice crystal. When the droplets ...

Cloud seeding is a decades-old weather modification tool that involves using aircraft, rockets or drones to release materials including silver iodide – which has a similar structure to ice ...

Some have speculated that the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) attempt at cloud seeding ... by using aircraft to drop small particles (like silver iodide) into clouds," the BBC said.

Cloud-seeding involves releasing silver iodide into the atmosphere to encourage ice crystal formation and enhance rainfall. While the technique has been used in other regions, its effectiveness in ...