Experts debunk viral conspiracy theory following extreme weather event: 'It's most certainly not [that]'
A thread in Reddit's "conspiracy" community featured a headline from a news article about the Dubai flooding: "Photos of torrential Dubai flash floods show the downsides of trying to control the weather."
"It's most certainly not cloud seeding," the former chief scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ryan Maue, told the Associated Press. "If that occurred with cloud seeding, they'd have water all the time. You can't create rain out of thin air per se and get 6 inches of water. That's akin to perpetual motion technology."
Another extreme event last spring in Dubai also raised what scientists say is the unwarranted specter of a cloud-seeding conspiracy. That event also had several scientists speaking out, dousing conspiracy theories by attributing the record rainfall to a warming world.
Conspiracy theories spread misinformation, minimizing the reality of the climate crisis. In a similar situation, conspiracy theories thrived in the wake of the devastating damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina last fall.
"When we talk about heavy rainfall, we need to talk about climate change. Focusing on cloud seeding is misleading," according to Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto per the Associated Press. "Rainfall is becoming much heavier around the world as the climate warms because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture."
"With 2°C (3.6°F) of warming, 85% of 3,111 total U.S. counties are likely to experience a 10% or higher increase in precipitation falling on the heaviest 1% of days," the study noted.
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A thread in Reddit's "conspiracy" community featured a headline from a news article about the Dubai flooding: "Photos of torrential Dubai flash floods show the downsides of trying to control the weather."
"It's most certainly not cloud seeding," the former chief scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ryan Maue, told the Associated Press. "If that occurred with cloud seeding, they'd have water all the time. You can't create rain out of thin air per se and get 6 inches of water. That's akin to perpetual motion technology."
Another extreme event last spring in Dubai also raised what scientists say is the unwarranted specter of a cloud-seeding conspiracy. That event also had several scientists speaking out, dousing conspiracy theories by attributing the record rainfall to a warming world.
Conspiracy theories spread misinformation, minimizing the reality of the climate crisis. In a similar situation, conspiracy theories thrived in the wake of the devastating damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina last fall.
"When we talk about heavy rainfall, we need to talk about climate change. Focusing on cloud seeding is misleading," according to Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto per the Associated Press. "Rainfall is becoming much heavier around the world as the climate warms because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture."
"With 2°C (3.6°F) of warming, 85% of 3,111 total U.S. counties are likely to experience a 10% or higher increase in precipitation falling on the heaviest 1% of days," the study noted.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-debun...31428.html
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