Citation

Tsagkaris C, Papazoglou AS, Moysidis DV, Loudovikou A. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep. 2023; 17: e308.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/dmp.2022.274

PMID

36789782

Abstract

The use of technological and chemical means aiming to achieve favorable weather conditions or reduce the risk of weather extremes is known as Weather Modification (WM). The United States of America, the People's Republic of China, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, and Europe have employed WM in an effort to prevent hurricanes and storms, control precipitations, mitigate deforestation and drought, and enhance agriculture. Recently, the use of WM has been expanded toward decreasing air pollution and creating favorable weather conditions for major political and athletic events. The increasing significance and use of WM call for consideration upon its positive and negative effects on human health, close collaboration among health experts and WM decision makers, and relevant public health emergency contingency planning.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; United States; Weather; Climate; *Air Pollution; *Public Health; Climate Change; climate engineering; Droughts; public health preparedness; weather modification