Cloud seeding does not create clouds or precipitation from clear skies. It can only be effective when clouds with the right ...

Western states invest millions in weather modification technology to increase precipitation.

Questions about cloud seeding, geoengineering and other weather-modification practices are drawing new attention as critics ...

Until recently, one of the biggest controversies over cloud seeding — a method created to encourage rain — was whether it actually works. That's now been overshadowed by online theories blaming the ...

Silver iodide is not soluble in water, so it is considered non-harmful, especially compared to other chemicals like sulfur, ...

Even with his years of experience and the technology at his disposal, meteorologist Don “Big Weather” Schwenneker says it can be challenging to accurately forecast severe weather. But when a storm or ...

Many water officials have seen cloud seeding as one possible fix for the U.S. West’s drought, which has now stretched to 25 years and is believed to be the second worst in the past 1,200 years. But ...

Toying with Mother Nature isn’t as scary as it sounds in the context of cloud seeding, according to meteorologists and experts focused on the task. The term refers to a process of weather manipulation ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some people theorized that cloud seeding contributed to, or even caused, the Hill Country/Central Texas floods around July 4. Their argument seemed to center on a belief that cloud ...

Rainmaker Technology Corporation's cloud seeding mission caused deadly flooding in parts of Texas over Fourth of July weekend in 2025. Rainmaker did carry out a cloud seeding mission over ...

The American West is in a horrifying drought and the deleterious effect of the resulting wildfires has been felt by many in recent years. Naturally, state governments have spent millions on cloud ...

Cloud-seeding remains scientifically limited and can't trigger large-scale floods. Conspiracy theories about weather manipulation erode public trust in science. Experts urge preparation for storms ...