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  • 'Cloud seeding' more attractive to thirsty West

    Sophia Quinton, Stateline.org|Updated Mar 17, 2018

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Machines that prod clouds to make snow may sound like something out of an old science fiction movie. But worsening water scarcity, combined with new proof that "cloud seeding" actually works, is spurring more states, counties, water districts and power companies across the thirsty West to use the strategy. In January, a study funded by the National Science Foundation proved for the first time that the technology works in nature. That study, combined with other recent research, has helped make cloud seeding...