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Explained | Artificial rains & their mitigating effect on pollution

Following a meeting with a team from IIT-Kanpur on Wednesday, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced that the Arvind Kejriwal administration intends to use cloud-seeding technology to generate artificial rain in an effort to reduce air pollution in Delhi.

11 November 2023, 04:28 IST

Explained | Artificial rains & their mitigating effect on pollution

Explained | Artificial rains & their mitigating effect on pollution

Explained | Artificial rains & their mitigating effect on pollution

11 November 2023, 04:28 IST

Cloud seeding experiment over Solapur led to 18% rise in rainfall: Study

In the results of the study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), scientists from the Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and other institutes found that hygroscopic cloud seeding enhanced rainfall in a rain shadow area spanning 100 square kilometres in Solapur.

26 October 2023, 06:20 IST

Cloud seeding experiment over Solapur led to 18% rise in rainfall: Study

Cloud seeding experiment over Solapur led to 18% rise in rainfall: Study

Cloud seeding experiment over Solapur led to 18% rise in rainfall: Study

26 October 2023, 06:20 IST

Artificial rain to douse wildfires in Uttarakhand?

The court also directed the government to provide a budget to NDRF and SDRF and deploy them as well as helicopters to overcome the fires

08 April 2021, 09:08 IST

Try artificial rain to douse wildfires: Uttarakhand High Court tells govt

Try artificial rain to douse wildfires: Uttarakhand High Court tells govt

Artificial rain to douse wildfires in Uttarakhand?

08 April 2021, 09:08 IST

Artificial rain likely to clear Delhi air of pollutants

In the wake of rising pollution in the city, authorities might seed clouds to induce artificial rain this week to wash away toxic pollutants in the air.

22 March 2019, 07:02 IST

Artificial rain likely to clear Delhi air of pollutants

Artificial rain likely to clear Delhi air of pollutants

Artificial rain likely to clear Delhi air of pollutants

22 March 2019, 07:02 IST

Cloud seeding set to be annual as experts give OK

Cloud seeding could become an annual fixture in Karnataka as the government is seriously considering a report by a team of scientists that gave a thumbs-up to last year’s experiment.

01 October 2018, 08:25 IST

Cloud seeding set to be annual as experts give OK

Cloud seeding set to be annual as experts give OK

Cloud seeding set to be annual as experts give OK

01 October 2018, 08:25 IST