Cloud Seeding: The Pros and Cons

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There are lots of cloud seeding companies that get the money to make it rain. One concern is contamination from silver iodide, which can be toxic in high concentrations. The last one is a more philosophical question about weather modification: Should we be involved in trying to modify the weather?

The Colorado River is disappearing and the government is now spending millions on one wild idea to ease the pain: seeding clouds to make it rain.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswarem.

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