China Shooting Rods Into Sky to Bring Rain After Massive Drought

Image credit: STR / AFP / Getty Images. Article by Lonnie Lee Hood. Futurism: The Byte – August 19, 2022.

China’s record-breaking heat wave has gotten so bad that parts of the Yanghtze River have gone completely dry. To combat the country’s hottest temperatures on record, officials are now using a technique called “cloud seeding” to encourage more rainfall. CNN reported this week that this year’s heat wave is impacting water security and crops. The technique shoots silver iodide rods, typically the size of cigarettes, high into the sky to generate ice crystals, which hopefully will then turn into rain. […]

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