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  1. #Rainmaker touts proof that #cloudseeding delivers results
    #Drone-based cloud-seeding company found 82 unambiguous seeding signatures in tests
    Private cloud-seeding company, Rainmaker, says it has validated effectiveness of its tech. Company announced that tech has produced 143 million gallons of #freshwater for #Utah and #Oregon residents. Founded in 2023, Rainmaker uses #drones to disperse #silveriodide into #clouds, then they track #precipitation with advanced radar.
    deseret.com/environment/2026/0

  2. #Rainmaker touts proof that #cloudseeding delivers results
    #Drone-based cloud-seeding company found 82 unambiguous seeding signatures in tests
    Private cloud-seeding company, Rainmaker, says it has validated effectiveness of its tech. Company announced that tech has produced 143 million gallons of #freshwater for #Utah and #Oregon residents. Founded in 2023, Rainmaker uses #drones to disperse #silveriodide into #clouds, then they track #precipitation with advanced radar.
    deseret.com/environment/2026/0

  3. touts proof that delivers results
    -based cloud-seeding company found 82 unambiguous seeding signatures in tests
    Private cloud-seeding company, Rainmaker, says it has validated effectiveness of its tech. Company announced that tech has produced 143 million gallons of for and residents. Founded in 2023, Rainmaker uses to disperse into , then they track with advanced radar.
    deseret.com/environment/2026/0

  4. #Rainmaker touts proof that #cloudseeding delivers results
    #Drone-based cloud-seeding company found 82 unambiguous seeding signatures in tests
    Private cloud-seeding company, Rainmaker, says it has validated effectiveness of its tech. Company announced that tech has produced 143 million gallons of #freshwater for #Utah and #Oregon residents. Founded in 2023, Rainmaker uses #drones to disperse #silveriodide into #clouds, then they track #precipitation with advanced radar.
    deseret.com/environment/2026/0

  5. #Rainmaker touts proof that #cloudseeding delivers results
    #Drone-based cloud-seeding company found 82 unambiguous seeding signatures in tests
    Private cloud-seeding company, Rainmaker, says it has validated effectiveness of its tech. Company announced that tech has produced 143 million gallons of #freshwater for #Utah and #Oregon residents. Founded in 2023, Rainmaker uses #drones to disperse #silveriodide into #clouds, then they track #precipitation with advanced radar.
    deseret.com/environment/2026/0

  6. Cloud seeding couldn’t save Colorado from a historically bad snowpack, but the dry winter sparked more interest in the technology

    At least nine states conduct cloud seeding operations, including California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota

    #CloudSeeding #WeatherModification

    postindependent.com/news/color

  7. Cloud seeding couldn’t save Colorado from a historically bad snowpack, but the dry winter sparked more interest in the technology

    At least nine states conduct cloud seeding operations, including California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota

    #CloudSeeding #WeatherModification

    postindependent.com/news/color

  8. Cloud seeding couldn’t save Colorado from a historically bad snowpack, but the dry winter sparked more interest in the technology

    At least nine states conduct cloud seeding operations, including California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota

    #CloudSeeding #WeatherModification

    postindependent.com/news/color

  9. Cloud seeding couldn’t save Colorado from a historically bad snowpack, but the dry winter sparked more interest in the technology

    At least nine states conduct cloud seeding operations, including California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota

    #CloudSeeding #WeatherModification

    postindependent.com/news/color

  10. Cloud seeding couldn’t save Colorado from a historically bad snowpack, but the dry winter sparked more interest in the technology

    At least nine states conduct cloud seeding operations, including California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas and North Dakota

    #CloudSeeding #WeatherModification

    postindependent.com/news/color

  11. The original article from Science, published in 2024:

    Massive #SolarFarms could provoke rainclouds in the desert

    Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms—an alternative to #CloudSeeding

    6 Feb 2024

    Excerpt: "Branch and his co-authors wanted to see whether solar farms of more realistic sizes could alter the weather. To do so, they turned to a leading weather model, produced by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, that can account for land surface changes. They modeled the solar farms as nearly black fields that absorbed 95% of the incoming sunlight. When the solar farms exceeded 15 square kilometers, they found, the increased heat absorbed at the surface, contrasted with the relatively reflective sand surrounding them, appreciably increased the updrafts, or convection, that drive cloud formation.

    "Just hacking convection wasn’t enough, however: A source of atmospheric moisture is also needed. The model showed that moist, high-altitude winds from the Persian Gulf would suffice. When conditions were ripe, the model found, a 20-square-kilometer solar field would increase rainfall by nearly 600,000 cubic meters—equivalent to 1 centimeter of rain falling across an area the size of Manhattan. If such rainstorms occurred 10 times in one summer, they would provide enough water to support more than 30,000 people for a year.

    "The new work makes sense, and it’s 'very stimulating,' Lu says. 'They are targeting a real solution.” One concern, however, is that the simulated solar panels were darker than most manufacturers make them. Some current solar panels are even reflective, designed to cool their surroundings, Lu says.

    "Still, Branch is hopeful that the idea could at some point be tested in the real world. Solar farms coming online in China and elsewhere are nearly big enough, he says. If they were built in the right spots, it wouldn’t take much to darken the panels as much as possible, and to plant drought-tolerant darkening #crops, such as jojoba shrubs, between panel rows."

    Read more:
    science.org/content/article/ma

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms

  12. The original article from Science, published in 2024:

    Massive #SolarFarms could provoke rainclouds in the desert

    Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms—an alternative to #CloudSeeding

    6 Feb 2024

    Excerpt: "Branch and his co-authors wanted to see whether solar farms of more realistic sizes could alter the weather. To do so, they turned to a leading weather model, produced by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, that can account for land surface changes. They modeled the solar farms as nearly black fields that absorbed 95% of the incoming sunlight. When the solar farms exceeded 15 square kilometers, they found, the increased heat absorbed at the surface, contrasted with the relatively reflective sand surrounding them, appreciably increased the updrafts, or convection, that drive cloud formation.

    "Just hacking convection wasn’t enough, however: A source of atmospheric moisture is also needed. The model showed that moist, high-altitude winds from the Persian Gulf would suffice. When conditions were ripe, the model found, a 20-square-kilometer solar field would increase rainfall by nearly 600,000 cubic meters—equivalent to 1 centimeter of rain falling across an area the size of Manhattan. If such rainstorms occurred 10 times in one summer, they would provide enough water to support more than 30,000 people for a year.

    "The new work makes sense, and it’s 'very stimulating,' Lu says. 'They are targeting a real solution.” One concern, however, is that the simulated solar panels were darker than most manufacturers make them. Some current solar panels are even reflective, designed to cool their surroundings, Lu says.

    "Still, Branch is hopeful that the idea could at some point be tested in the real world. Solar farms coming online in China and elsewhere are nearly big enough, he says. If they were built in the right spots, it wouldn’t take much to darken the panels as much as possible, and to plant drought-tolerant darkening #crops, such as jojoba shrubs, between panel rows."

    Read more:
    science.org/content/article/ma

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms

  13. The original article from Science, published in 2024:

    Massive #SolarFarms could provoke rainclouds in the desert

    Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms—an alternative to #CloudSeeding

    6 Feb 2024

    Excerpt: "Branch and his co-authors wanted to see whether solar farms of more realistic sizes could alter the weather. To do so, they turned to a leading weather model, produced by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, that can account for land surface changes. They modeled the solar farms as nearly black fields that absorbed 95% of the incoming sunlight. When the solar farms exceeded 15 square kilometers, they found, the increased heat absorbed at the surface, contrasted with the relatively reflective sand surrounding them, appreciably increased the updrafts, or convection, that drive cloud formation.

    "Just hacking convection wasn’t enough, however: A source of atmospheric moisture is also needed. The model showed that moist, high-altitude winds from the Persian Gulf would suffice. When conditions were ripe, the model found, a 20-square-kilometer solar field would increase rainfall by nearly 600,000 cubic meters—equivalent to 1 centimeter of rain falling across an area the size of Manhattan. If such rainstorms occurred 10 times in one summer, they would provide enough water to support more than 30,000 people for a year.

    "The new work makes sense, and it’s 'very stimulating,' Lu says. 'They are targeting a real solution.” One concern, however, is that the simulated solar panels were darker than most manufacturers make them. Some current solar panels are even reflective, designed to cool their surroundings, Lu says.

    "Still, Branch is hopeful that the idea could at some point be tested in the real world. Solar farms coming online in China and elsewhere are nearly big enough, he says. If they were built in the right spots, it wouldn’t take much to darken the panels as much as possible, and to plant drought-tolerant darkening #crops, such as jojoba shrubs, between panel rows."

    Read more:
    science.org/content/article/ma

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms

  14. The original article from Science, published in 2024:

    Massive #SolarFarms could provoke rainclouds in the desert

    Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms—an alternative to #CloudSeeding

    6 Feb 2024

    Excerpt: "Branch and his co-authors wanted to see whether solar farms of more realistic sizes could alter the weather. To do so, they turned to a leading weather model, produced by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, that can account for land surface changes. They modeled the solar farms as nearly black fields that absorbed 95% of the incoming sunlight. When the solar farms exceeded 15 square kilometers, they found, the increased heat absorbed at the surface, contrasted with the relatively reflective sand surrounding them, appreciably increased the updrafts, or convection, that drive cloud formation.

    "Just hacking convection wasn’t enough, however: A source of atmospheric moisture is also needed. The model showed that moist, high-altitude winds from the Persian Gulf would suffice. When conditions were ripe, the model found, a 20-square-kilometer solar field would increase rainfall by nearly 600,000 cubic meters—equivalent to 1 centimeter of rain falling across an area the size of Manhattan. If such rainstorms occurred 10 times in one summer, they would provide enough water to support more than 30,000 people for a year.

    "The new work makes sense, and it’s 'very stimulating,' Lu says. 'They are targeting a real solution.” One concern, however, is that the simulated solar panels were darker than most manufacturers make them. Some current solar panels are even reflective, designed to cool their surroundings, Lu says.

    "Still, Branch is hopeful that the idea could at some point be tested in the real world. Solar farms coming online in China and elsewhere are nearly big enough, he says. If they were built in the right spots, it wouldn’t take much to darken the panels as much as possible, and to plant drought-tolerant darkening #crops, such as jojoba shrubs, between panel rows."

    Read more:
    science.org/content/article/ma

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms

  15. The original article from Science, published in 2024:

    Massive #SolarFarms could provoke rainclouds in the desert

    Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms—an alternative to #CloudSeeding

    6 Feb 2024

    Excerpt: "Branch and his co-authors wanted to see whether solar farms of more realistic sizes could alter the weather. To do so, they turned to a leading weather model, produced by the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, that can account for land surface changes. They modeled the solar farms as nearly black fields that absorbed 95% of the incoming sunlight. When the solar farms exceeded 15 square kilometers, they found, the increased heat absorbed at the surface, contrasted with the relatively reflective sand surrounding them, appreciably increased the updrafts, or convection, that drive cloud formation.

    "Just hacking convection wasn’t enough, however: A source of atmospheric moisture is also needed. The model showed that moist, high-altitude winds from the Persian Gulf would suffice. When conditions were ripe, the model found, a 20-square-kilometer solar field would increase rainfall by nearly 600,000 cubic meters—equivalent to 1 centimeter of rain falling across an area the size of Manhattan. If such rainstorms occurred 10 times in one summer, they would provide enough water to support more than 30,000 people for a year.

    "The new work makes sense, and it’s 'very stimulating,' Lu says. 'They are targeting a real solution.” One concern, however, is that the simulated solar panels were darker than most manufacturers make them. Some current solar panels are even reflective, designed to cool their surroundings, Lu says.

    "Still, Branch is hopeful that the idea could at some point be tested in the real world. Solar farms coming online in China and elsewhere are nearly big enough, he says. If they were built in the right spots, it wouldn’t take much to darken the panels as much as possible, and to plant drought-tolerant darkening #crops, such as jojoba shrubs, between panel rows."

    Read more:
    science.org/content/article/ma

    #SolarPunkSunday #SolarFarms

  16. Water managers look to spur precipitation in the midst of record-breaking drought

    Rain Enhancement Technologies, a company that’s operated in Oman, doesn’t use traditional cloud-seeding methods, which are characterized by putting silver iodide particles into the atmosphere. Instead, they do what they call “ionization cloud seeding,” which uses high-voltage rays to ionize naturally occurring aerosols in the atmosphere. Aerosols are necessary for cloud formation, and therefore, precipitation.

    #CloudSeeding #Utah #ColoradoRiver #water #drought

    aspenpublicradio.org/environme

  17. Water managers look to spur precipitation in the midst of record-breaking drought

    Rain Enhancement Technologies, a company that’s operated in Oman, doesn’t use traditional cloud-seeding methods, which are characterized by putting silver iodide particles into the atmosphere. Instead, they do what they call “ionization cloud seeding,” which uses high-voltage rays to ionize naturally occurring aerosols in the atmosphere. Aerosols are necessary for cloud formation, and therefore, precipitation.

    #CloudSeeding #Utah #ColoradoRiver #water #drought

    aspenpublicradio.org/environme

  18. Water managers look to spur precipitation in the midst of record-breaking drought

    Rain Enhancement Technologies, a company that’s operated in Oman, doesn’t use traditional cloud-seeding methods, which are characterized by putting silver iodide particles into the atmosphere. Instead, they do what they call “ionization cloud seeding,” which uses high-voltage rays to ionize naturally occurring aerosols in the atmosphere. Aerosols are necessary for cloud formation, and therefore, precipitation.

    #CloudSeeding #Utah #ColoradoRiver #water #drought

    aspenpublicradio.org/environme

  19. Water managers look to spur precipitation in the midst of record-breaking drought

    Rain Enhancement Technologies, a company that’s operated in Oman, doesn’t use traditional cloud-seeding methods, which are characterized by putting silver iodide particles into the atmosphere. Instead, they do what they call “ionization cloud seeding,” which uses high-voltage rays to ionize naturally occurring aerosols in the atmosphere. Aerosols are necessary for cloud formation, and therefore, precipitation.

    #CloudSeeding #Utah #ColoradoRiver #water #drought

    aspenpublicradio.org/environme

  20. Water managers look to spur precipitation in the midst of record-breaking drought

    Rain Enhancement Technologies, a company that’s operated in Oman, doesn’t use traditional cloud-seeding methods, which are characterized by putting silver iodide particles into the atmosphere. Instead, they do what they call “ionization cloud seeding,” which uses high-voltage rays to ionize naturally occurring aerosols in the atmosphere. Aerosols are necessary for cloud formation, and therefore, precipitation.

    #CloudSeeding #Utah #ColoradoRiver #water #drought

    aspenpublicradio.org/environme

  21. #Çin neden bulut tohumlamaya bu kadar yatırım yapıyor?

    Bu iddialı plan hem bilimsel hem de jeopolitik açıdan tartışma yaratıyor.

    Yöntemin gerçekten ne kadar işe yaradığı ise hâlâ kesin değil #SonDakika #BulutTohumlama #CloudSeeding #Yağmur

    cevrehatti.com/cin-neden-bulut

  22. #Çin neden bulut tohumlamaya bu kadar yatırım yapıyor?

    Bu iddialı plan hem bilimsel hem de jeopolitik açıdan tartışma yaratıyor.

    Yöntemin gerçekten ne kadar işe yaradığı ise hâlâ kesin değil #SonDakika #BulutTohumlama #CloudSeeding #Yağmur

    cevrehatti.com/cin-neden-bulut

  23. Iran begins cloud seeding operations as severe drought bites

    Cloud seeding involves spraying particles such as silver iodide and salt into clouds from aircraft to trigger rain.

    quokk.au/c/world/p/435694/iran

  24. Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought

    Authorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country's worst drought in decades.

    Known as cloud-seeding, the process was conducted over the Urmia lake basin on Saturday, Iran's official news agency Irna reported.

    #Iran #cloudseeding #drought

    bbc.com/news/articles/cj4172yl

  25. Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought

    Authorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country's worst drought in decades.

    Known as cloud-seeding, the process was conducted over the Urmia lake basin on Saturday, Iran's official news agency Irna reported.

    #Iran #cloudseeding #drought

    bbc.com/news/articles/cj4172yl

  26. Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought

    Authorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country's worst drought in decades.

    Known as cloud-seeding, the process was conducted over the Urmia lake basin on Saturday, Iran's official news agency Irna reported.

    #Iran #cloudseeding #drought

    bbc.com/news/articles/cj4172yl

  27. Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought

    Authorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country's worst drought in decades.

    Known as cloud-seeding, the process was conducted over the Urmia lake basin on Saturday, Iran's official news agency Irna reported.

    #Iran #cloudseeding #drought

    bbc.com/news/articles/cj4172yl

  28. Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought

    Authorities in Iran have sprayed clouds with chemicals to induce rain, in an attempt to combat the country's worst drought in decades.

    Known as cloud-seeding, the process was conducted over the Urmia lake basin on Saturday, Iran's official news agency Irna reported.

    #Iran #cloudseeding #drought

    bbc.com/news/articles/cj4172yl