On mountain peaks scattered across Colorado, machines are set up to fire chemicals into the clouds in attempts to generate snow. The process is called cloud seeding, and as global temperatures rise, more countries and drought-troubled ...
Environment
Mar 17, 2022
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How does ice form? Surprisingly, science hasn't fully answered that question. Differences in ice formation on various surfaces still aren't well understood, but researchers today will explain their finding that the arrangements ...
Materials Science
Aug 27, 2019
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Machines that prod clouds to make snow may sound like something out of an old science fiction movie. But worsening water scarcity, combined with new proof that "cloud seeding" actually works, is spurring more states, counties, ...
Environment
Mar 6, 2018
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A University of Wyoming researcher contributed to a paper that demonstrated, for the first time, direct observation of cloud seeding—from the growth of the ice crystals through the processes that occur in the clouds to ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2018
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Can cloud seeding—dispersing particles into the air with the aim of increasing precipitation—increase snowfall?
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2017
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Perovskite solar cells are the rising star in photovoltaics. They absorb light across almost all visible wavelengths, they have exceptional power conversion efficiencies exceeding 20% in the lab, and they are relatively easy ...
Materials Science
Oct 14, 2015
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Japanese scientists have fired cloud seeding equipment to help top up reservoirs serving the 35 million people of greater Tokyo, officials said Friday, amid a sweltering summer dry spell.
Environment
Aug 23, 2013
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Bart Geerts likes to chase storms high in the mountains. And, oftentimes, he helps contribute to them.
Earth Sciences
Jun 7, 2012
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China plans to step up a weather-manipulation programme that has stirred debate about tinkering with Mother Nature, state media said on Friday.
Environment
Dec 17, 2010
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In many areas of the world, including California's Mojave Desert, rain is a precious and rare resource. To encourage rainfall, scientists use "cloud seeding," a weather modification process designed to increase precipitation ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2010
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