Atmospheric scientists take to the skies to test cloud seeding for snow

Can cloud seeding -- dispersing particles into the air with the aim of increasing precipitation -- increase snowfall? This week, a team of researchers began a cloud-seeding project in southwestern Idaho to answer that question.
Cloud seeding is a process by which artificial ice nuclei, such as silver iodide particles, are released into clouds, either from the air or via ground-based generators.
The Idaho project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and dubbed ... More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190748&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click
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Source: NSF News - January 13, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news