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What is cloud seeding? A proposed solution to Delhi’s severe air pollution crisis |

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What is cloud seeding? A proposed solution to Delhi’s severe air pollution crisis |

As Delhi faces an escalating air pollution crisis, the idea of cloud seeding, or artificial rain, has been proposed as a potential short-term solution to improve the city’s hazardous air quality. The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has remained in the “severe plus” category for several days, with AQI readings consistently surpassing 450, signalling … Read more

Pakistan Uses Artificial Rain Against Hazardous Smog for First Time

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Pakistan Uses Artificial Rain Against Hazardous Smog for First Time

Lahore, Pakistan —  Artificial rain was used for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday in a bid to combat hazardous levels of smog in the megacity of Lahore, the provincial government said. In the first experiment of its kind in the South Asian country, planes equipped with cloud seeding equipment flew over 10 areas … Read more