“Artificial rain highlights both the capability and limitations of human control over nature”. Examine how cloud seeding operates as a weather-modification technique. Evaluate its ecological implications in India.
Kartavya Desk Staff
Topic: Changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
Topic: Changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora and fauna and the effects of such changes.
Q1. “Artificial rain highlights both the capability and limitations of human control over nature”. Examine how cloud seeding operates as a weather-modification technique. Evaluate its ecological implications in India. (10 M)
Difficulty Level: Medium
Reference: DTE
Why the question: India’s renewed cloud-seeding trials, this question tests understanding of how humans intervene in atmospheric processes and the environmental consequences of such geo-engineering efforts. Key Demand of the question: To explain the mechanism and working of cloud seeding as a weather-modification technique and to evaluate its ecological and environmental implications in India, keeping the balance between human capability and natural limits. Structure of the Answer: Introduction: Briefly highlight how cloud seeding represents technological advancement in weather modification while revealing limits of human control over nature. Body: Explain how cloud seeding operates — scientific process, seeding agents, meteorological requirements, and its current use in India. Evaluate ecological implications — soil and water contamination, biodiversity impact, interstate issues, and sustainability concerns. Conclusion: End with a balanced note on integrating cloud seeding as a supplementary, scientifically validated tool within broader sustainable climate management.
Why the question: India’s renewed cloud-seeding trials, this question tests understanding of how humans intervene in atmospheric processes and the environmental consequences of such geo-engineering efforts.
Key Demand of the question: To explain the mechanism and working of cloud seeding as a weather-modification technique and to evaluate its ecological and environmental implications in India, keeping the balance between human capability and natural limits.
Structure of the Answer: Introduction:
Briefly highlight how cloud seeding represents technological advancement in weather modification while revealing limits of human control over nature. Body:
• Explain how cloud seeding operates — scientific process, seeding agents, meteorological requirements, and its current use in India.
• Evaluate ecological implications — soil and water contamination, biodiversity impact, interstate issues, and sustainability concerns.
Conclusion:
End with a balanced note on integrating cloud seeding as a supplementary, scientifically validated tool within broader sustainable climate management.