This is kind of absurd. I didn't know that cloud seeding was already being practiced (the ability to manipulate precipitation using silver iodide crystals)... thanks, China. And now lasers are being developed to actually create rainfall. I won't try to explain it myself, so here is popular science explaining it:
"The concept works because laser pulses strip electrons from atoms in the air and promote formation of hydroxyl radicals. Those in turn make sulfur and nitrogen dioxides into particles which can form the basis for water droplets -- not unlike how current cloud seeding methods use silver iodide crystals as the "seeds" for water droplets."
But honestly, its frightening to think about how technology has given humans the ability to make certain weather... I just don't see this having positive repercussions... socially and environmentally.
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