Cloud seeding has been around for decades, but it made headlines after conspiracy theorists with a vivid imagination, blamed him for the destruction caused by the recent extreme weather conditions events.

A TikToker posted a video to explain exactly what the weather modification technique aims to do and why it only suddenly became relevant.

Educational content creator Michael McBride (@idea.soup) began her clip by admitting that “the government can control the weather a little bit” before saying that cloud seeding has been around since 1946.

@idea.soup What is cloud seeding? #interestingfacts #funfact #science #hurricanes #edutok #hurricanemilton #cloudseeding ♬ original sound – Michael McBride

He then alluded to the concept that dust or smoke particles in the atmosphere allow raindrops to form and that clouds and rain would probably cease to exist if the atmosphere were perfectly clean – a fact supported by the National Weather Service.

While silver iodide has often been mentioned in conspiracy theories about the practice of geoengineering, McBride noted that substances such as salt and dry ice would work just as well.

He added that “almost every country has experimented” with this form of weather manipulation – citing examples in China and the United States – and that it even exists in the private sector.

“There’s just one problem with all of this: It doesn’t work very well,” he said. “But at best the impact is on the order of 10 to 30 percent, and some scientists think it doesn’t do anything at all.” For areas affected by drought, any form of precipitation can make a difference.

Nevertheless, experts to have declared continuously that the effects of cloud seeding and other forms of technology pale in comparison to what is needed to create or significantly modify natural disasters like hurricanes and heavy rain. The real culprit is overreliance on dirty energyleading to overheating of the planet and more chaotic weather conditions.

“So why haven’t you heard more about this kind of thing? Because, deep down, it just doesn’t work very well,” McBride concluded.

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Naturally, such a controversial question sparked responses of support and criticism in the comments section.

“But my friend TRUST ME BRO said there’s a magic machine under the Gulf of Mexico that makes big spinning wind monsters. How do you react to that?” » one person asked sarcastically.

“Not to mention that it would have no impact on the strength of a hurricane” said another individual.

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