Each year, the country conducts more than 900 hours of cloud seeding missions; the cost of these operations is roughly ...

A low-flying NASA Gulfstream III research aircraft drew attention and speculation Saturday after executing a series of ...

Experts confirm that a cloud seeding operation in Carnes County on July 2 could not have caused the devastating Kerr County floods days later. The catastrophic flooding was instead caused by ...

Look up into the sky on any given day, and you may see one or two contrails—white lines formed when a hot jet engine meets ...

“It is impossible for [cloud seeding] to lead to this,” says Armin Sorooshian, professor of chemical and environmental engineering at the University of Arizona of the Texas flash floods ...

Writing about Dr. Joanne Simpson’s early work in Nature, Bob Houze said, “Although cloud seeding has never proved feasible, Simpson’s studies led to improved cloud modelling.” ...

A California-based cloud-seeding company called Rainmaker was accused of causing this month’s deadly Texas flood after conducting operations in the area Experts say Rainmaker’s activity could ...

Rainmaker did carry out a cloud seeding mission over the eastern part of south-central Texas on July 2, 2025, Augustus Doricko, the company's CEO, confirmed in a thread shared on X.

Viral posts promoted false claims that cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, played a role in the devastation. Meteorologists explain it doesn't work that way.

Cloud seeding has become a regular scapegoat for devastating flooding events. After horrific flash floods in central Texas killed at least 120 people over the July 4th weekend, a flurry of social ...

Although cloud seeding periodically occurs in the Texas Hill Country, it’s physically impossible for cloud seeding to cause the recent flood. Flooding storms will flood.

The updrafts lift moist air into the cloud, resulting in more precipitation. Cloud seeding only increases rain or snow chances by about 10 percent for the targeted clouds.