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Wikipedia Overview
Project Stormfury was an attempt to weaken tropical cyclones by flying aircraft into them and seeding them with silver iodide. The project was run by the United States Government from 1962 to 1983. The hypothesis was that the silver iodide would cause supercooled water in the storm to freeze, disrupting the inner structure of the hurricane, and this led to seeding several Atlantic hurricanes. However, it was later shown that this hypothesis was incorrect. It was determined that most hurricanes do not contain enough supercooled water for cloud seeding to be effective. Additionally, researchers found that unseeded hurricanes often undergo the same structural changes that were expected from seeded hurricanes. This finding called Stormfury's successes into question, as the changes reported now had a natural explanation.
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Project Stormfury - spectrumlocalnews.com
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30th Anniversary of Project STORMFURY evaluation article - aoml.noaa.gov
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What a US mission to control hurricanes taught us about deadly storms - BBC
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Project Stormfury 1963 - Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
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Did the government try to change the weather? Inside America’s hurricane experiment - FOX6 News Milwaukee
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Hurricane Ginger September 30, 1971 - weather.gov
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In 1968, scientists tried taming hurricanes - Science News
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Beyond Trump's nuclear bomb idea: how scientists dream of killing hurricanes - National Geographic
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Weather modification did not make Hurricane Helene - PolitiFact
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US scientists seeded Hurricane Debbie with silver iodide in 1969 to weaken its eyewall; winds fell from 9 - The Times of India
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Can we stop or steer a hurricane? Here's why scientists say no - Florida Today
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50th Anniversary of Hurricane Betsy - NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory - aoml.noaa.gov
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STORMFURY - aoml.noaa.gov
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Fact check: Debunking weather modification claims - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)
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70th Anniversary of Navy Hurricane Hunters - aoml.noaa.gov
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45th Anniversary of the seeding of Hurricane Ginger - aoml.noaa.gov
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45th Anniversary of Hurricane Debbie seeding - aoml.noaa.gov
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40th Anniversary of Navy Hurricane Hunters disbandment - aoml.noaa.gov
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