California Drought May Be Permanent
California loosened some water restrictions this week but also made some conservation rules permanent, reacting to a crippling four-year drought. Despite significant gains made by El Nino, the state wasn’t expected to get back to pre-drought levels and it hasn’t. A report from Wired today makes the case that the drought may, in fact, be here to stay: “In California, … Continue reading
10 Conspiracy Theories About Weather Modification
Man-made climate change paved the way for American scientists to come up with the idea of weather modification. They reasoned that if daily human activity was already impacting weather patterns, it was acceptable for them to deliberately change the weather for a variety of purposes. The first meeting about weather modification was held at the end of 1945. At this … Continue reading