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THE ANCIENT ART AND SCIENCE OF RAIN MAKING (CLOUD SEEDING) -Ntomchukwu Ukachukwu

“The first attempt to modify natural clouds in the field through "cloud seeding" began during a flight that began in upstate New York on 13 November 1946. Schaefer was able to cause snow to fall near Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts, after he dumped six pounds of dry ice into the target cloud from a plane after a 60-mile easterly chase from the Schenectady County Airport .”   -American Meteorological Association The above quote is about the earliest generally known modern approach to rain making, now referred to as Cloud Seeding. WHAT IS RAIN MAKING (CLOUD SEEDING) Cloud seeding is a type of weather modification that aims to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical processes within the cloud. The usual intent is to increase precipitation (rain or snow), but hail and fog suppression are also widely practiced in airports w...