Geoengineering startup Rainmaker is announcing funding on Tuesday to develop its cloud-seeding technology, a way to force clouds to rain over drought-stricken areas. It uses drones to fly into the ...

The nation gets around 5 to 7 inches of rain a year—roughly half the amount that falls on Nevada, America’s driest state. The UAE started its cloud-seeding ... more like art than science.

In 2021, the cloud seeding flights had created 40% more rain, the government reported – a figure it calculated by measuring the difference between meteorological forecasts and actual rainfall ...

The four-year pilot program launched this past November to explore ways to combat drought with cloud seeding, which involves using existing storm clouds to increase rain output. But it has its limits.

The United Arab Emirates is testing technologies aimed at boosting the rain generated by cloud seeding, as the desert nation bids to improve water security. Like many countries in the Middle East ...