cloud seeding
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Malaysia is resorting to cloud seeding to bring much-needed rain to the country's "rice bowl" north, where a drought has delayed planting of the staple crop and raised supply fears.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Iranian authorities have carried out several cloud seeding operations to induce rainfall in recent months and resorted to cutting off water supplies periodically to manage consumption.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
Instead, he agreed to host one of Rainmaker’s Eden weather stations on his property, and helped raise $400,000 for local cloud seeding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
When Utah considered a geoengineering bill this year, lawmakers excluded cloud seeding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Ultimately, when lawmakers advanced the bill, cloud seeding was spared from the ban, which would prohibit dispersing chemicals to alter the temperature, weather or “the intensity of the sunlight.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025