cloud seeding
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For nearly an hour, Doricko told Ryan’s listeners what cloud seeding is and isn’t.
Invented in 1946 by General Electric scientists in upstate New York, cloud seeding works because silver iodide particles resemble ice crystals.
Cloud seeding had its heyday in the 1970s but declined because scientists found it difficult to quantify its effects.
Today, many experts say cloud seeding can boost precipitation by roughly 10%.
In two other decades-old projects, the government tried but failed to manipulate hurricanes using cloud seeding, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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