China 'playing God' with missiles
In an effort to counteract the most devasting heatwave in 60 years, China is launching missiles into clouds.
China has been plagued by severe drought for weeks and the country is at a breaking point with consistent 40'C days. The power grid is strained due to the high demand for air conditioning in the country, along with reduced water levels affecting hydropower plants.
To combat the current weather conditions, China has been launching small rods into clouds this week that go on to form ice crystals which encourage more rain to form.
Do you think we should be making such big changes to our ecosystem as to encourage more rainfall?
Cloud seeding theory has been around since 1891 when Louis Gathmann, a German American engineer, suggested shooting liquid carbon dioxide into rain clouds to cause them to rain.
A long history.
If it proves effective, why not try it.