Could cloud seeding help Canada fight wildfires?
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Some experts say cloud seeding has the potential to mitigate wildfires, but more research is needed to evaluate how viable and effective it can be in the future.
After last year’s record wildfire season, Canada is bracing for more heat this summer and the looming risk of “damaging” forest fires.
Rain could prove critical for firefighting efforts this month, according to government officials. But what about artificial rain?
Cloud seeding, which can cause precipitation by human intervention, is an old method but one that continues to be developed and explored.
Some experts say it has the potential to mitigate wildfires, but more research is needed to evaluate how viable and effective it can be in the future.
“Cloud seeding was a very interesting topic back in the ’60s and ’70s and then it sort of died out,” said Zamin Kanji, an expert in atmospheric physics at ETH Zurich in Switzerland.
“And now it’s becoming important again in terms of climate, water resource research and precipitation enhancement,” he told Global News in an interview.
“So I think there could be potential there, a lot of potential.”
Cloud seeding, which was invented in the 1940s, has been used around the world to artificially modify weather.
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