For years, scientists have experimented with engineering techniques that can safely modify rainfall. But experts say the technology isn't capable of causing extreme, sudden flooding.

All clouds need “seeds” called condensation nuclei or ice nuclei to properly develop. This could be a speck of dust, clay or ...

What is cloud seeding? Meteorologist Stefanie Lauber explains how clouds form and what 'seeding' can do to clouds.

Cloud seeding boosts rain by just 5–15% in ideal conditions. Experts clarify it can’t cause devastating floods like the ...

Along a similar vein, conspiracy theories maligning Doppler weather radars as “weather weapons” have heightened in the wake ...

Experts say outlandish claims of weather manipulation are hindering disaster preparedness and emergency response.

Cloud seeding is a concept that was sowed in the 1940s. Vincent J. Schaefer, Bernard Vonnegut and Irving Langmuir were ...

Unfounded rumors linking an extreme weather event to human attempts at weather modification are again spreading on social ...

Meteorologists point out that hurricanes and flood-making storms possess extraordinary amounts of energy that humans can't ...

Cloud-seeding was blamed for a devastating flash flood in South Dakota in 1972, though a scientific review determined the ...

Why there’s no scientific basis for blaming the longtime drought-fighting practice for the tragic Central Texas flooding.

Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier jumped in to amplify the misinformation — citing a newly passed Florida law banning ...