Cloud seeding has been happening since 1946. It’s really nothing new.
The first experiments with cloud seeding were conducted in 1946 by American chemist and meteorologist Vincent J. Schaefer, and since then seeding has been performed from aircraft, rockets, cannons, and ground generators.
They discovered that they could use silver iodide — an inorganic compound — and dry ice to improve the creation of ice crystals in clouds. Today, cloud seeding still involves silver iodide and dry ice.
Cloud seeding has been happening since 1946. It’s really nothing new.
The first experiments with cloud seeding were conducted in 1946 by American chemist and meteorologist Vincent J. Schaefer, and since then seeding has been performed from aircraft, rockets, cannons, and ground generators.
They discovered that they could use silver iodide — an inorganic compound — and dry ice to improve the creation of ice crystals in clouds. Today, cloud seeding still involves silver iodide and dry ice.
Any available info on the amount of silver needed to gain the desired results? Must be pretty substantial.