
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Can a technology used for war help prevent an environmental catastrophe in the making?
Cloud seeding is a technique where particles, usually silver iodide, gets dispersed into clouds to help generate more rain or snow and it’s been around for 80 years. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. used cloud seeding in a top secret mission called Operation Popeye, to prolong the monsoon season in Vietnam. It’s since been deployed by state governments and private companies to bring more water to arid places. The only problem? It was hard to verify just how well it worked, which meant it was hard to make any money doing it. Until now.
We tag along with a team of cloud seeders in Utah as they race to try to save the Great Salt Lake, and build a rainmaking empire.
By Marketplace4.8
13701,370 ratings
Can a technology used for war help prevent an environmental catastrophe in the making?
Cloud seeding is a technique where particles, usually silver iodide, gets dispersed into clouds to help generate more rain or snow and it’s been around for 80 years. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. used cloud seeding in a top secret mission called Operation Popeye, to prolong the monsoon season in Vietnam. It’s since been deployed by state governments and private companies to bring more water to arid places. The only problem? It was hard to verify just how well it worked, which meant it was hard to make any money doing it. Until now.
We tag along with a team of cloud seeders in Utah as they race to try to save the Great Salt Lake, and build a rainmaking empire.

43,921 Listeners

32,092 Listeners

30,716 Listeners

8,786 Listeners

9,223 Listeners

930 Listeners

1,392 Listeners

1,287 Listeners

6,454 Listeners

2,175 Listeners

5,467 Listeners

9,526 Listeners

10,291 Listeners

16,393 Listeners

3,618 Listeners

6,556 Listeners

164 Listeners

2,999 Listeners

90 Listeners