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Laser-Based Weather Control

Jérôme Kasparian, Ludger Wöste, and Jean-Pierre Wolf

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Abstract

The far-fetched concept of weather control just might be in our scientific forecast. Researchers are making progress in using ultrashort laser pulses to create lightning and cue cloud formation, with potential applications in agriculture, public safety and beyond.

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