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- Saudi Arabia launches cloud seeding operation over three cities to increase rainfall | The world's top oil exporter is turning to cloud-seeding. https://interestingengineering.com/saudi-arabia-launches-cloud-seeding-operation 29 comments technology
- Cloud-seeding surprise could improve climate predictions: A molecule made by trees can seed clouds, suggesting that pre-industrial skies were less sunny than thought. http://www.nature.com/news/cloud-seeding-surprise-could-improve-climate-predictions-1.19971 58 comments science
- Kurt Vonnegut in the ‘House of Magic’ - how Bernard Vonnegut's cloud-seeding invention made its way into Cat’s Cradle, and how Kurt’s questions about the ethics of the General Electric “House of Magic” inspired his fiction. http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/kurt-vonnegut-in-the-house-of-magic/ 3 comments books
- Ubuntu Cloud PRNG seed https://wiki.ubuntu.com/security/features#prng-cloud 19 comments linux
- Ubuntu Cloud PRNG seed https://wiki.ubuntu.com/security/features#prng-cloud 15 comments programming
- Ubuntu Cloud PRNG seed https://wiki.ubuntu.com/security/features#prng-cloud 66 comments netsec
- Don’t blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/17/cloud-seeding-dubai-floods 294 comments worldnews
- China is seeding clouds to replenish its shrinking Yangtze River https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/asia/china-heat-drought-climate-yangtze-intl/index.html 8 comments worldnews
- China is seeding clouds to replenish its shrinking Yangtze River https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/asia/china-heat-drought-climate-yangtze-intl/index.html 90 comments worldnews
- Australia floods: Unfounded cloud seeding claims spread online https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62049654 13 comments worldnews
- India- Cloud seeding trials trigger showers in Maharashtra http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cloud-seeding-trials-trigger-showers-in-maharashtra-s-beed-jalna-latur-and-osmanabad/article1-1376512.aspx 5 comments worldnews
- Feds Send Nevada $2.4 Million for Cloud Seeding https://www.ecowatch.com/nevada-cloud-seeding.html 3 comments environment
- Cloud seeding gains steam as West faces worsening droughts https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/11/21/cloud-seeding-drought-west/ 3 comments futurology
- Cloud Seeding in India increased rainfall by 27.9% https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s016980951831175x 8 comments science
- Why doesn’t California cloud seed more to help with dryness during the summer? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/94eqwn/why_doesnt_california_cloud_seed_more_to_help/ 5 comments askscience
- Clouds drift away as seeding op trips on speeches, snag - Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/clouds-drift-away-as-seeding-op-trips-on-speeches-snag/articleshow/60167704.cms 3 comments india
- Cloud seeding to begin as hopes of better monsoon also rise http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/cloud-seeding-to-begin-as-hopes-of-better-monsoon-also-rise/article19327639.ece 4 comments india
- Cloud seeding carried out in Tasmania, Australia day before fatal flood http://abc.net.au/news/2016-06-10/cloud-seeding-carried-out-over-tasmanian-catchment-before-floods/7499226 11 comments worldnews
- Random Seeds in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Cloud Instances http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2014/02/random-seeds-in-ubuntu-1404-lts-cloud.html 4 comments sysadmin
- China is helping to ease drought conditions through cloud seeding https://newscop.com.au/2022/08/18/china-is-helping-to-ease-drought-conditions-through-cloud-seeding/ 27 comments environment
- Beset by Drought, Indonesia to Start Cloud Seeding to Induce Rain https://e360.yale.edu/digest/beset-by-drought-indonesia-to-start-cloud-seeding-to-induce-rain 6 comments science
- Can Cloud Seeding be a solution to partly help the monsoon problems ? https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/4mn11j/can_cloud_seeding_be_a_solution_to_partly_help/ 4 comments india
- Karnataka: Cloud seeding bears fruit: Lakes in Central Karnataka come alive http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/state/cloud-seeding-bears-fruit-lakes-in-central-karnataka-come-alive/articleshow/60500587.cms 15 comments india
- China plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop from drought https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-plans-cloud-seeding-to-protect-grain-crop-from-drought/article65793957.ece 10 comments worldnews
- China plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop from drought https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/china-plans-cloud-seeding-protect-grain-crop-drought-88655723 61 comments technology
- Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-mount-marapi-flash-floods-cloud-seeding-f19bf53a1192ef9757c60e18619b0a8c 4 comments worldnews
- Scientists Are Altering Weather to Fight Droughts. The body of evidence to support the effectiveness of cloud seeding has grown in recent years. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dg3kb/scientists-are-altering-weather-to-fight-droughts 30 comments futurology
- Dubai is seeding clouds to produce rain. What are the larger climactic / weather implications of this action? What other countries/regions would be affected? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dubai-uae-government-creating-rain-drones-cloud-seeding/ 9 comments askscience
- Indonesia plans cloud seeding to halt rain, floods death toll rises to 43 http://reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-weather-floods/indonesia-plans-cloud-seeding-to-halt-rain-floods-death-toll-rises-to-43-iduskbn1z203j?il=0 3 comments worldnews
- Maharashtra All Set to Commence Cloud Seeding in Drought-Hit Regions | The Weather Channel https://weather.com/en-in/india/monsoon/news/2019-07-24-maharashtra-all-set-to-commence-cloud-seeding-in-drought-hit-regions 6 comments worldnews
- Evidence that cosmic rays seed clouds. May be an alternative explanation for the global warming http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/45982 12 comments science
- The Russian government has used rain prevention methods since Soviet times, seeding clouds for major celebrations three times a year http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8587725.stm 17 comments science
- China tests drone-based cloud seeding in Xinjiang to bring rain to dry regions | South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3273595/china-tests-drone-based-cloud-seeding-xinjiang-bring-rain-dry-regions 9 comments technology
- Movement of the solar system through the Milky Way’s galactic spiral arms helped form Earth’s first continents. Regions of space with dense interstellar clouds may send more high-energy comets crashing to the surface of the Earth, seeding enhanced production of continental crust. https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2022/22-44.aspx 3 comments science
- CERN scientists discover that trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought: "gases emitted by trees can stick together to make new seeds for clouds in the atmosphere – without needing any help from other pollutants" https://theconversation.com/trees-are-much-better-at-creating-clouds-and-cooling-the-climate-than-we-thought-66713 135 comments science
- Pollen particles may affect weather by seeding clouds, according to a new study that flips how scientists typically thought of the relationship between weather and pollen. http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/releases/22871-pollen-and-clouds-april-flowers-bring-may-showers 9 comments science
- Cloud formation study casts a shadow over certain climate models. One of the most detailed studies of the particles that seed clouds has revealed shortcomings in our picture of how they arise http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/aug/24/cloud-formation-study-climate-models 3 comments science
- Bill Gates funds research into machines to suck up ten tonnes of seawater every second and spray it upwards. This would seed vast banks of white clouds to reflect the Sun’s rays away from Earth http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7120011.ece 497 comments science
- Before holidays the Russian Air Force often dispatches cargo planes carrying silver iodide, liquid nitrogen and cement powder to seed clouds above Moscow and keep the sky clear http://www.reuters.com/article/topnews/idusl1760049120080617?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews&rpc=22&sp=true 4 comments technology