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JUPITER, Fla. - In a field brimming with optimistic and untested ideas, entrepreneur Peter Cordani has one of the boldest: airdrop 400 tons of superabsorbent powder into an approaching hurricane.
The powder would sap water from the hurricane, in theory slowing it and saving lives and millions of dollars. The project is in its infancy, facing skeptical scientists and daunting challenges. Its creator has spent $1 million already and must raise much more.See the full content of this document
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Weather-Modification Interest Intensifies Again
"We know it would suck the moisture out," he said. "The only thing we don't know about is the [impact on a] hurricane and the aftereffects."
Finding the answers could be the next step on the ambitious edge of a field called weather modification, an industry operating with scant government regulation and hardly any scientific proof that its methods work.Several projects already in oper...See the full content of this document
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