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Did a cloud-seeding start-up fr increase snowfall in part...

A technology that uses a coiled wire to electrify aerosols has boosted snowfall amid a drought in the western US, according to the compan...

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Source: New Scientist

What’s Happening

Okay so A technology that uses a coiled wire to electrify aerosols has boosted snowfall amid a drought in the western US, according to the company developing it, but the results havent convinced other scientists Environment Did a cloud-seeding start-up fr increase snowfall in part of Utah?

But a start-up that releases negatively charged aerosols that can be carried up into clouds claims it has increased snowfall by 20 per cent in one Utah mountain range. Rain Enhancement Technologies compared snowfall in the La Sal mountains and the Abajo mountains 70 kilometres to the south during five recent dry winters. (shocking, we know)

When the company was operating its high-voltage ionising array upwind of the La Sal mountains in January, the range received 9 centimetres more snow than would have been expected given the amount of snow the Abajo mountains got, the company says.

The Details

Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100 But scientists caution that these results could have occurred it is too early to tell how well the technique works. “Cloud-seeding operations have been active for quite some time and we are offering another means of enhancing precipitation… but one which doesnt involve any chemicals,” says the company’s meteorologist Jeff Chagnon.

“We also dont have to fly into clouds… We can just flip a switch from anywhere in the world and operate for about 48 hours at a time. ” The United Nations warns that the world is entering an era of “water bankruptcy” , with up to 3 in 4 people facing water scarcity or contamination.

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