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more about #environmentalism more comments → Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: But USA have the X-men and Storm.. more » Klebert L. Hall: Cloud seeding (even when successful) doesn't really do much for droughts. It's at best a short-term band-aid for a long-term problem. Generally, if y... more » Gann: This will end in bloodshed. People talk about global warming causing conflict due to dwindling resources, but when we start intentionally draining ra... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Mr. President we must not allow a weather control gap! more » InsertBullets: I say we let the chinese work out the bugs first. As this story from last year show there are still a few bugs. [gizmodo.com] more » alden.moffatt: NOAA had an Office of Environmental Modification in the 1970s and Hughes Aircraft has a patent on Wellsbach cloud seeding, where aluminum oxide is mix... more » J_Frank_Parnell: Nothing to see here, Citizen. Everything is under control. We at the Weather Modification Association are here to ensure your safety, protect your cro... more » Al Swearengen: If all the crap the Chinese put in the air doesn't cause water to accumulate and fall, I don't know what will. more » Counterglow: I just love the idea implicit in all this that whatever you do to the weather over your country stops at the border. more » zombie_batch: If weather control were more advanced than cloud seeding and used more globally, what governing body or bodies regulates it? The U.N.? The leading wea... more » LiC: I'd like to think that we're actually studying the affects of "weather hacking" before we act. I'm not sure if this was posted here - Idaho Power com... more » Pasketti: It's perfectly safe, except for turning everyone into smurfs. [en.wikipedia.org] more » SJ_Edwards: more » SJ_Edwards: "Johnny's in the basement mixing up the iodine, I'm on the pavement thinkin' about the Chinese government .... .... You really do need to be a Weathe... more » comics0026: They have Rain Cannons! F*cking Rain Cannons! Run for the rain shadows! more » -
#weathercontrol
Are We Falling Behind China In Weather-Control Technology?
Here's your first look at a ground-based cloud-seeding system. With drought hitting the Western United States hard, governments are pushing the federal government to spend $25 million on cloud-seeding technology. Meanwhile, China is already spending $100 million to make rain. More » -
#ecodystopia
Photographer Documents Melting Icecaps, Celebrates Our Cyborg Evolution
Photographer James Balog is best known for his death-defying trips to Iceland, Greenland and Alaska, where he's documented the melting icecaps using photos and time-lapse images. But he's also made stunning images of cyborgs and "techno sapiens." More » -
#futuredisasters
The Shattered World Of 2050 Glows With Unearthly Beauty
The sands of a renewed desert claim the remains of Las Vegas in 2050. It's not a still from Resident Evil 3, it's one of the terrifying future visions from The Age Of Stupid, a new environmental docudrama. Gallery below. More » -
#megaenvironmentalism
Let's Start the Offshore Logging Lobby with Robots
Lumber companies are calling for offshore clear-cutting, logging forests that have been underwater for decades. And environmentalists have discovered the only loggers they could love. More » -
#destroyallnature
Environmentalists Destroy the Environment in Bulgaria
The area where Bulgaria hugs the Black Sea is a mass of cheap, crappy resorts punctuated by a few luxury hotels. Still, areas with untouched forest remain — at least, they will until next year, when an eco-community will turn nature into "nature" by creating a carbon-neutral city in a place where there are currently no humans at all. Apparently replacing real forest with a development that "may contain nature" isn't a popular idea. More » -
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#conceptart
A City Gets an Environmental Makeover — Check Out the Before and After Drawings
Ecocity Builders is a group that does eco-friendly urban projects. They've just posted some cool images of what a typical urban downtown looks like now, and what it would look like if the city were redesigned to be a pedestrian space made with recycled materials. Above, you can see the "before" picture. Click through to see the "after." More »
