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Jul 2021
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ELI5 Cloud Seeding - can it solve drough...

ELI5 Explain Like I'm Five Podcast
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Why can't we seed clouds to solve California's drought problem? How does seeding clouds even work? Which countries and states have used the technology? Who legally owns a cloud?

 

... We explain like i'm five!

 

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