No, this is not fake news based on science fiction but a real initiative – carried out with a technology that has actually already been known for decades – officially based on the fight against drought :
Let’s go back to talking about cloud seeding (the seeding of clouds), a technique that allows to increase rainfall through the release of silver iodide by planes or terrestrial structures . In fact, the chemical compound tends to bind to the droplets present in the clouds which, as they get heavier, will tend to fall more easily. In Italy the news was also confirmed by well-known online newspapers and by Tgr Leonardo , the news speaks of an extension of the initiative in the United States of America: the insemination is carried out through specific terrestrial machines, combined with the release by airplanes. Scott Griebling , water resources engineer of the St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District confirms this to Ap who in 2023, already in January, launched the first “seeding” in the metropolitan area of the city of Denver, the “first in the part eastern” of the state:
According to what has been learned, the authorization of the initiative is justified by the great drought that has hit the Colorado River which, with its tributaries, supplies water to millions of people between the State of Wyoming and the city of Los Angeles . Colorado has added three new programs in the past five years. Wyoming, which began seeding in 2014 , added an air program in 2018 . Utah has steadily increased its fleet of cloud seeding equipment, and the state legislature just approved record fundingto further expand programs and research. Their approach: Shooting silver iodide into clouds, where moisture binds to particles, forms ice, and falls as snow. That snowpack high in the mountains serves as a year-round cold store for the water that is released as it melts. In this regard, we report below the links to some video insights:
#artificialinseminationoftheclouds #drought #rain #iodurodargento #cloudseeding
Sources:
https://apnews.com/article/western-drought-cloud-seeding-rockies-1857c4d1ccd79e79ee1955fafca837e0
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cloud-seeding-catching-amid-rocky-mountain-drought-98690264
https://stream24.ilsole24ore.com/video/italia/siccita-usa-cresce-l-inseminazione-nuvole/AE0pnHJD
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inseminazione_delle_nuvole
