Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cloud seeding" in English language version.
[p.666, per Google Translate: The international legal regime for waters reveals that water in general, and terrestrial water in particular, is rather considered as res nullius, and not as res communis. Indeed, the use of water presupposes a form of appropriation which goes beyond simple plots... There is, however, strong pressure to recognize water a full res communis status.
And the rainmaking scramble became so intense in 2004 that five Henan province villages reportedly squabbled over "cloud theft" after they all seeded the clouds simultaneously but only one district received the lion's share of rain.
[p.666, per Google Translate: The international legal regime for waters reveals that water in general, and terrestrial water in particular, is rather considered as res nullius, and not as res communis. Indeed, the use of water presupposes a form of appropriation which goes beyond simple plots... There is, however, strong pressure to recognize water a full res communis status.
Any meteorologist with a rudimentary knowledge of cloud seeding could explain why it is preposterous to blame the Lynmouth flood on such experiments.
And the rainmaking scramble became so intense in 2004 that five Henan province villages reportedly squabbled over "cloud theft" after they all seeded the clouds simultaneously but only one district received the lion's share of rain.
Any meteorologist with a rudimentary knowledge of cloud seeding could explain why it is preposterous to blame the Lynmouth flood on such experiments.
[p.666, per Google Translate: The international legal regime for waters reveals that water in general, and terrestrial water in particular, is rather considered as res nullius, and not as res communis. Indeed, the use of water presupposes a form of appropriation which goes beyond simple plots... There is, however, strong pressure to recognize water a full res communis status.