Cloud Seeding & Artificial Rain
Imagine saying “with proper scientific techniques, we can increase the quantity of rainfall” to humans from the medieval era. They would have gone berserk! But to the modern human, this comes as no surprise. Yes, we are talking of cloud seeding and artificial rain. How did we reach here? Let’s go back to our school textbooks – where does rain come from? Clouds. Tiny water droplets or ice crystals condense when water vapour cools down and form clouds. Now comes the interesting part. Modern science has enabled us to transform the cloud structure by adding minuscule ice-like particles like silver iodide to induce artificial rain. This weather modification technique is called cloud seeding. The usage of this technique has increased all over the globe, from China to Dubai to Mexico