Fighting hail with chemicals, combatting tornadoes with computers, and other weather-battling techniques from the PopSci archive
Posted 10.29.2012 at 1:00 pm
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Ever since we left prayers to the rain gods behind, we've been looking to science to solve our weather dilemmas. Not just to discover where a storm will hit, but how to stop it from hitting at all.
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Through the past century, Popular Science has been trying to forecast what the future of weather will look like, and how to stop a weather disaster. Click the gallery to see plans for weather-reporting radios, chemical warfare against clouds, and a lot more.
This article originally appeared on PopSci.com in July.
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