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William R. Cotton, Professor Emeritus of Meteorology, Colorado State University

Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope

Cloud seeding equipment near Winter Park in Colorado. Denver Water

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 states are using it in sometimes desperate efforts to modify the weather.

But cloud seeding isn’t as simple as it sounds, and it might not be as promising as people wish.

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