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Seeding the Sky

Introduction (50)

Cloud seeding should be considered necessary to amplify water resources. The increasing

demands for water, are depleting our water resources, droughts and a growing population

threaten our water supply. Cloud seeding will help replenish depleting water sources, shorten

long periods of drought and will provide a steady source of water.

Analysis (316)

Depleting water sources is the first reason to consider cloud seeding. Cloud seeding delivers

precipitation to an aimed cloud, thereby making it rain, adding clean, unpolluted water, to the

water sources available to us. More than a quarter of the world's population or a third of the

population in developing countries live in regions that will experience severe water scarcity

(Seckler, 1999; 29-42). With demand for water increasing, cloud seeding is one augmentation

technology that would help replenish scarce water resource (Witt, A. W. 2016; 105-144). Water

depletion is not the only reason we should consider cloud seeding necessary.

The next reason to use Cloud seeding is that it could significantly change areas with long periods

of drought. Steady access to water has been difficult for the population in these drought areas.

Droughts cause some of those people to lose their lively hood. During droughts people are losing

crops and their livestock, which dominos into losing money. According to a study by the national

research council droughts in the United States cause an average annual economic loss of between

six and eight billion dollars (Currier 2017; 949-973). Implementing cloud seeding would allow

people access to water they would not have otherwise. However, money is only the second

reason we should consider cloud seeding beneficial to amplifying water resources in areas of low

precipitation or drought.

The human population is growing, and with the growing population comes growing demand for

water. Water resources that people need to run companies and for agricultural needs will not

always be available if we do not find a way to replenish them. Water sources are not growing at a

fast-enough rate to meet all of the population’s demands. Water is being polluted and used at a

much faster rate. Cloud seeding is not an ultimate solution, it does provide a useful tool to help

increase water access (Currier 2017; 949-973).

Evaluation (86)

Mellissa Currier studied at the University of Pacific Law, which shows her bias towards finding

the truth in a subject. David Seckler wrote for the International Journal of Water Resources

Development, he investigated and wrote about the effects of water scarcity. I wanted to write a

paper about something that was a new concept to me, and in doing so I came across cloud

seeding and with an unbiased opinion I reviewed many articles and came to the conclusion about

the importance of implementing cloud seeding.

Conclusion (54)

Cloud seeding will produce continuous access to water sources. It will replenish our current

water supplies. It will prevent long periods of drought, and the people will flourish in population

as well as in wealth. Cloud seeding is a fairly new concept but it is essential that we incorporate

it, to amplify water resources.

Bibliography

Currier, M. (2017). Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away: Cloud Seeding Governance in the United States

and a Proposal for Federal Regulation. University of the Pacific Law Review, 48(4), 949–

973.

David Seckler, Randolph Barker & Upali Amarasinghe (1999) Water Scarcity in the Twenty-

first Century, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 15:1-2, 29-42,

Givati, A., & Rosenfeld, D. (2005). Separation between Cloud-Seeding and Air-Pollution

Effects. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 44(9), 1298–1314.

Rosenfeld, D., Axisa, D., Woodley, W. L., & Lahav, R. (2010). A Quest for Effective

Hygroscopic Cloud Seeding. Journal of Applied Meteorology & Climatology, 49(7), 1548–

1562.

Witt, A. W. (2016). Seeding Clouds of Uncertainty. Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science &

Technology, 57(1), 105–144.