Due to its structural resemblance to ice crystals and its high cost-effectiveness, this chemical is naturally a favourite.
Hazy beginnings Cloud seeding techniques were officially discovered by Vincent Schaefer and Bernard Vonnegut (yep, Kurt Vonnegut’s elder brother).
Around the same time, they independently found two distinct techniques: one that involved chemically manipulating the clouds to mimic the development of ice crystals,
And the other that used dry ice to change the heat of the cloud system. However, cloud seeding ultimately aims to control the ice crystals in the clouds and is achieved in both methods.
These techniques were discovered and developed by General Electric in 1946. Both techniques are still in use today, often using silver iodide and dry ice, respectively.
Despite the fact that cloud seeding is a technique that has been in use for decades, many of its alleged popular applications are mundane.
