Scientists have developed a method they say could reduce the severity of many hurricanes brewing up in our worlds oceans. Seeding clouds with various chemicals or natural solutions has been around for many years. Most have heard of it because it's been under the radar, however things like this indirectly affect our lives. China for instance used this technique in order to lure clouds and rainy weather away from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Researchers such as John Latham of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO are adapting this same seeding technique for use on hurricanes. The idea is to inject marine clouds with tiny sea-spray particles by the equator. This would increase the clouds reflectivity and the suns rays would bounce right back off of them. This would ultimately and in theory cool the earth by limiting the amount of solar rays coming to earth. From a hurricane perspective this would cool ocean temperatures which are the main source of energy for churning hurricanes. This idea is also elaborated on with regard to Global Warming. Scientists argue that it would slow the pace of global warming and allow for regions such as the poles to maintain their current ice content...This idea may be a little far fetched but it is something to think about when politics are involved with the governments. My biggest question is how is it the United States right to pump things into our atmosphere in order to change mother nature?
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