SNOWBIRD, Utah — The burner pumped sodium iodide into the air while tubes led back into a trailer. People would stick their head in the trailer to look at the setup. It was a demonstration of new ...

Cloud seeding can increase rainfall and reduce hail damage to crops, but its use is limited. John Finney Photography/Moment via Getty Images When an unexpected rainstorm leaves you soaking wet, it is ...

Utah is using a technology that can add more water to the state’s supply Humans have the technology to literally make snowfall from the clouds. In the drought-stricken Southwest, where the Colorado ...

Cloud seeding involves spraying salts into incoming storm clouds to increase rainfall. Photos show how the UAE, United States, and other countries have been seeding clouds for decades. Historic floods ...

As weather patterns become more unpredictable and water shortages grow around the world, scientists are exploring new ways to manage rainfall. One such method is cloud seedingâ a process that helps ...

Cloud-seeding programs to boost both rain and snowfall are now under way in Texas, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, New Mexico and California. For West Texas farmer Steve Williams, the benefits of ...

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Heavy rain from a persistent atmospheric river pattern continues to impact California this week. Here's what's causing it.

In a place as dry as the desert city of Dubai, whenever they can get rain, they’ll take it. United Arab Emirates authorities will often even try to make it rain—as they did earlier this week when the ...

Of the many political controversies spawned by this past year’s presidential election, one of the stranger episodes put a new spotlight on the idea of weather modification and conspiracies about human ...