geoengineering – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:25:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 The role of the scientist in a post-truth world https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/the-role-of-the-scientist-in-a-post-truth-world https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/the-role-of-the-scientist-in-a-post-truth-world#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:25:52 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/10/the-role-of-the-scientist-in-a-post-truth-world

So people can change the weather, and science-based weather modification techniques are now employed in over 50 countries according to the World Meteorological Organization. But for every science-based weather-altering technique, there are dozens of pseudoscientific urban legends.

In Cuba, it is believed that a shotgun can stop twisters. Aim at the funnel cloud, pull the trigger, and stop the tornado or waterspout before it touches down. In Puerto Rico, people have suggested installing giant fans in the El Yunque rainforest on the east side of the island to blow hurricanes away. Others have suggested putting fans in Africa to increase the amount of Saharan dust that already enters the Atlantic early in hurricane season, which can dampen fledgling tropical storms. The proposal to tow icebergs from the Arctic down to the tropical ocean to cool it down is equally impractical. No flotilla could bring enough rapidly melting icebergs to cool the vast tropical Atlantic Ocean for the six months of hurricane season.

Given all these fantastical ideas perhaps it should come as no surprise that besides altering the weather, conspiracy theorists also claim HAARP can trigger earthquakes, and, as the Georgia men believed, remotely control minds. The line between harmless urban legend and dangerous conspiracy theory is thin.

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‘Dressed’ Laser Aimed at Clouds May be Key to Inducing Rain, Lightning https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/dressed-laser-aimed-at-clouds-may-be-key-to-inducing-rain-lightning Tue, 28 May 2024 23:23:11 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/dressed-laser-aimed-at-clouds-may-be-key-to-inducing-rain-lightning

This laser can simply control the weather to induce rain restoring regions back to their original states. It could also prevent weather aswell too. This could be used in cities to control the weather.


The adage “Everyone complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it,” may one day be obsolete if researchers at the University of Central Florida’s College of Optics & Photonics and the University of Arizona further develop a new technique to aim a high-energy laser beam into clouds to make it rain or trigger lightning.

The solution? Surround the beam with a second beam to act as an energy reservoir, sustaining the central beam to greater distances than previously possible. The secondary “dress” beam refuels and helps prevent the dissipation of the high-intensity primary beam, which on its own would break down quickly. A report on the project, “Externally refueled optical filaments,” was recently published in Nature Photonics.

Water condensation and lightning activity in clouds are linked to large amounts of static charged particles. Stimulating those particles with the right kind of laser holds the key to possibly one day summoning a shower when and where it is needed.

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The scoop on UAE’s artificial rain: Did cloud seeding drown Dubai? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/the-scoop-on-uaes-artificial-rain-did-cloud-seeding-drown-dubai Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:24:58 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/the-scoop-on-uaes-artificial-rain-did-cloud-seeding-drown-dubai

Since this news was published, users have taken to social media to share images and videos of the flooding and placed the blame on the seeding exercises.

While it is easy to correlate the two incidents and blame the flooding on the seeding exercises, a deeper look at the reality tells a different story.

Cloud seeding isn’t new to Dubai. The Bloomberg report states that the technique has been used since 2002 and has never shown such disastrous outcomes in the previous two decades. One can be certain that the seeding experiments have not gone wrong on this occasion since Dubai conducts about 300 such operations every year. The NCM also clarified that it did not do any cloud seeding on the day the storm struck.

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Freezing Point Phenomena: Unlocking the Strange Secrets of Ice Nucleation https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/freezing-point-phenomena-unlocking-the-strange-secrets-of-ice-nucleation Fri, 22 Mar 2024 05:23:52 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/freezing-point-phenomena-unlocking-the-strange-secrets-of-ice-nucleation

Research unveils a mathematical model for ice nucleation, showing how surface angles affect water’s freezing point, with applications in snowmaking and cloud seeding.

From abstract-looking cloud formations to roars of snow machines on ski slopes, the transformation of liquid water into solid ice touches many facets of life. Water’s freezing point is generally accepted to be 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But that is due to ice nucleation — impurities in everyday water raise its freezing point to this temperature. Now, researchers unveil a theoretical model that shows how specific structural details on surfaces can influence water’s freezing point.

Research Findings and Their Implications.

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Massive solar farms could provoke rainclouds in the desert https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/massive-solar-farms-could-provoke-rainclouds-in-the-desert Sat, 09 Mar 2024 08:11:16 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/massive-solar-farms-could-provoke-rainclouds-in-the-desert

Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms—an alternative to cloud seeding.

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China’s new AI ‘Supermind’ deepens challenge to U.S. https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/chinas-new-ai-supermind-deepens-challenge-to-u-s Sat, 02 Mar 2024 21:24:18 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/chinas-new-ai-supermind-deepens-challenge-to-u-s

One thing i do like about China. they like to publicly lay cards on table of a project in development an opponent has, that is high level top secret. Just to ruffle feathers, lol. like weather modification stuff. Of course US has, and far superior, its just an open play to tweak someones nose.


China says it is building a new AI-based intelligence platform to track global scientists and hoover up breakthrough technologies for its industry and military.

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NH Bill Seeks to Ban Cloud Seeding and Other Forms of Atmospheric Geoengineering https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/nh-bill-seeks-to-ban-cloud-seeding-and-other-forms-of-atmospheric-geoengineering Thu, 04 Jan 2024 09:24:04 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/nh-bill-seeks-to-ban-cloud-seeding-and-other-forms-of-atmospheric-geoengineering

Every legislative session is presented with too many bills and, in recent years, too slim of a majority to get the good ones to the Governor. But because we have so many new ideas, there are always some you might not expect, like legislation to ban weather modification.

To be clear, I’m not making fun of the bill or its sponsors. In a world where some folks can’t shut up about unnecessary “emissions” or pollutants in our atmosphere, this should play well on both sides of the aisle. New Hampshire House Bill 1,700 (HB1700).

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Cloud seeding might not be as favorable as drought-troubled states expect https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/03/cloud-seeding-might-not-be-as-favorable-as-drought-troubled-states-expect Sun, 27 Mar 2022 15:24:05 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/03/cloud-seeding-might-not-be-as-favorable-as-drought-troubled-states-expect

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You won’t Believe what China is doing now! — China Modifying the Weather https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/01/you-wont-believe-what-china-is-doing-now-china-modifying-the-weather Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:23:20 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2022/01/you-wont-believe-what-china-is-doing-now-china-modifying-the-weather

Chinese Scientists have previously showed their ability to change and control the weather inside China, but now there’s proof that they may actually modify and control the weather all over the world which has disastrous results in the form of Natural DIsasters such as Tornadoes. This video explores the possiblity of China having done this knowingly and what good could possibly come from having the ability to change the climate at your will. One thing is for sure, the science and technology behind these abilities is truly breathtaking.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 What are China’s Plans.
01:59 Is China really controlling the weather?
03:14 The History of weather-changing technology.
03:53 What is China actually doing?
05:26 The dangers of controlling the weather.
08:12 Last Words.

#weather #science #china

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Scientists Say They Caught China Successfully Changing the Weather https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/scientists-say-they-caught-china-successfully-changing-the-weather Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:22:17 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/12/scientists-say-they-caught-china-successfully-changing-the-weather

China has succeeded in literally changing the weather, a new study claims.

As the South China Morning Post reports, researchers say that during the Chinese Communist Party’s centennial celebration over the summer, weather authorities successfully modified the weather above Beijing to clear the sky and reduce pollution for the tens of thousands gathered for a commemorative ceremony in Tiananmen Square.

They did so using cloud seeding technology, a long-studied but controversial process that involves shooting silver iodide particles into the clouds, with the idea of attracting water droplets to modify the weather.

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