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Satellites measure world glacier melting
LOS ANGELES, June 18 (UPI) -- Los Angeles County officials say they will spend $800,000 to inject clouds with silver iodide particles in an effort to boost rainfall.
The cloud-seeding project will be conducted next winter in the San Gabriel Mountains with the hope of increasing rainfall by 15 percent to raise levels in local reservoirs, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Critics said they fear the program could trigger landslides.
A 2003 National Academy of Sciences report said cloud seeding is unproven and urged more thorough study, the newspaper said.
"To have them be in the right place at the right time, that's where it gets really complicated," said Daniel W. Breed of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney told a conservative audience in Washington Friday he would make sweeping changes to Medicare and Social Security.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Pop icon Madonna says she "wasn't happy" after rapper M.I.A. flipped her middle finger at a camera during the Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis.
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ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 10 (UPI) --
Studies of the genome of Miscanthus, a large perennial grass, could speed the development of biofuels derived from the plant, U.S. researchers say.
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BIRMINGHAM, England, Feb. 10 (UPI) --
A British company said it is opening salons across England dedicated to the tattooing the scalps of bald men to make it look like they have short hair.
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