Conspiracy theories tried to “explain” the flooding from Tropical Storm Chantal and other earlier storms. The more outlandish ...

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

All clouds need “seeds” called condensation nuclei or ice nuclei to properly develop. This could be a speck of dust, clay or ...

Along a similar vein, conspiracy theories maligning Doppler weather radars as “weather weapons” have heightened in the wake ...

Cloud seeding boosts rain by just 5–15% in ideal conditions. Experts clarify it can’t cause devastating floods like the ...

Unfounded rumors linking an extreme weather event to human attempts at weather modification are again spreading on social ...

Meteorologists point out that hurricanes and flood-making storms possess extraordinary amounts of energy that humans can't ...

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

Delhi is set to trial cloud seeding in early September to initiate artificial rain and reduce air pollution. The postponed ...

Cloud seeding is a concept that was sowed in the 1940s. Vincent J. Schaefer, Bernard Vonnegut and Irving Langmuir were ...

Why there’s no scientific basis for blaming the longtime drought-fighting practice for the tragic Central Texas flooding.

It’s called cloud seeding. ... In 2014, Rauber and French, along with Bart Geerts, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Wyoming, and Katja Friedrich, ...