Cloud seeding has become a hot topic for debate, but it's actually a technique we first discovered in the 1940s. Here's what you need to know about it.

Cloud seeding is generally considered moderately effective, with studies and real-world programmes showing it can increase rainfall under the right conditions.

Cloud seeding is "generally deployed when conditions of wind, moisture and dust are insufficient to lead to rain," said the BBC. It has been used in places all over the world, including the U.S.

A firefighting helicopter drops water on the Palisades fire near Mandeville Canyon and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. Inset, Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks in September 2024.

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