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Fact Check: Debunking Weather Modification Claims

Excerpt:  “As the southeastern United States reels from the impact of two historic hurricanes, a large amount of disinformation about nonexistent weather manipulation technology is spreading across the internet, particularly on social media platforms. Below, [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)] identifies some of the inaccurate claims circulating online and provides science-based facts and information in response. … NOAA does not modify the weather, nor does it fund, participate in or oversee cloud seeding or any other weather modification activities. … Radars are tools for observation and are not able to direct the motion or intensity of air masses or storms. … Solar geoengineering, a theoretical practice which would modify the atmosphere to shade Earth’s surface by reflecting sunlight back into space, is not taking place at scale anywhere in the world. Geoengineering did not impact hurricanes Helene and Milton, let alone make them worse.”