Weather Modification History Weather Modification was founding 1946 by Vincent Schaefer who was attempting to find a way to induce artificial clouds to produce precipitation in a cold cloud chamber ( modified freezer). The experiment done with a block of dry ice in the freezer was a success when his colleague Bernard Vonnegut found a chemical, silver iodide, that is almost like ice in its molecular structure, but can be carried and applied more easily. As a …
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…for the study and less people going into the field. 3. Many still feel that man should not interfere with mother nature. 4. Many feel that increasing rain fall in one area is decreasing it in others. As a result, weather modification is still done, but with less support from others. The Science of Cloud Seeding and Its future Today researcher still attempt to find a way to see if this really works by using Silver Iodide.