Experts home cloud seeding could help with Colorado's drought

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Several Western states are dealing with droughts.

Experts hope a weather modification program can increase water from rain and snow storms, helping to ease drought conditions in Colorado.

Andrew Rickert is spearheading cloud seeding in the state. He leads Colorado's weather modification program. In those areas, the winter snows that collect on mountain ranges provide upward of 70 percent of annual precipitation. The idea is that the droplets provide a nucleus within a cloud around which water can coalesce, forming snowflakes."So, you know, as we move into these uncertain times with drought and climate change, that we know that we're doing everything we can to protect ourselves," Rickert told FOX 21 News Colorado.

According to the news outlet, in 2020, extra snow from cloud-seeding generated over 300-thousand gallons of water.

 

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