with a ` megadrought ' forecast to hit the us in the coming decades , parched states are turning to increasingly radical solutions to fill their reservoirs . arizona is leading the way with plans to create artificial rain clouds by flying planes over the rockies and seeding the sky with silver iodide . they hope the technology will allow them to mitigate some of the worst impacts of climate change -- but not everyone is convinced . with a ` megadrought ' forecast to hit the us in the coming decades , parched states are turning to increasingly radical solutions to fill their reservoirs . arizona is leading the way with plans to create artificial rain clouds by flying planes over the rockies , and seeding the sky with silver iodide . the process of cloud seeding was first proposed in the 1940s at the general electric labs in schenectady , new york . two decades later , the central arizona project and the salt river project invested in research to make it a reality . ` it has n't been taken off the table as a potential tool as we work our way through drought now and in the future , ' nancy selover , arizona 's state climatologist told becky brisley at cronkite news . nhs bosses have today come under fire after it emerged a hospital paid a temporary nurse # 2,200 to cover a single 12-hour shift . the figure , which equates to # 183 an hour , was paid by the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust . it represents double the rate for a neurologist and was revealed following a freedom of information request . it also emerged there were 47 agency nurses working at the trust in december last year . the trust , which runs the royal shrewsbury hospital and the princess royal hospital in telford , has been criticised for wasting taxpayers ' money . the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust paid # 2,200 to a temporary nurse for one 12-hour shift to help amid a shortage of trained nurses , a freedom of information request revealed -lrb- file picture -rrb- . jonathan isaby , chief executive of the taxpayers ' alliance , said : ` taxpayers will be aghast at the cost of just one shift . since 2007 , cap has put about $ 1 million toward research happening in other states to increase the supply of water in the colorado river system . water in the air , even in dry areas , can be transformed into ice crystals by using planes to seed the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice . if it seems like it never stops raining , blame the russians . or even the north koreans . cia chiefs fear hostile nations are trying to manipulate the world 's weather , a conference heard in february . a leading academic told how he got a mysterious phone call asking whether foreign countries could be triggering droughts or flooding . ` agency nurses are far more expensive than their regular counterparts and we have to minimise the number used . ` you ca n't open a newspaper without hearing how tight finances are in the nhs , but the service has to become far more efficient with the money it already has . ' edmund stubbs , from independent think tank civitas , added : ` it is evident that a lack of staff is leading to excessive spending on agency staff , locums and overseas recruitment . ' a spokesman for the trust said the # 2,200 figure includes vat , adding that the true figure paid to the nurse , including travel expenses , was # 1,864 . the shift covered was one in specialist intensive therapy unit on a bank holiday . defending their spending , sarah bloomfield , director of nursing at shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust , said temporary staff had to be used to cover a shortfall in trained nurses . she highlighted their situation is one shared by many hospitals across the uk . she added : ` we have said consistently that we want to recruit more nurses to reduce our reliance on agency and temporary staff and this has been widely publicised with a number of recruitment events taking place recently to attract new staff . professor alan robock , from rutgers university in new jersey , said : ` consultants working for the cia rang and said we 'd like to know if someone is controlling the world 's climate would we know about it ? ` of course they were also asking - if we control someone else 's climate would they then know about it . ' the professor is one of many scientists from around the world are actively looking at manipulating the weather as a way of combating climate change . professor robock told the callers that any attempts to meddle with the weather on a large scale would be detectable . the system works on the premise that rainfall takes place when supercooled droplets of water form ice crystals . ` we have recruited , or made offers to , more than 150 staff nurses and health care assistants in recent months as part of our efforts to recruit more nursing staff to support our wards and departments . defending the spend sarah bloomfield , director of nursing at the trust , said temporary staff had to be used to cover a shortfall in trained nurses . she said in recent months the hospitals have recruited more than 150 nurses and healthcare assistants . ` these new recruits have included a number who have been offered positions through a successful nursing recruitment event at the royal shrewsbury hospital just last week , which we will repeat again on thursday . as a result they become too heavy to remain suspended in the air , and fall , often melting on their way down to form rain . ` we 'll continue our efforts to ensure that over the coming months we will see fewer agency nurses on our wards as our new starters get settled in , which will mean better continuity of care and more support for ward teams . ' figures obtained by the nursing and midwifery council also revealed nearly a third of nursing recruits in the uk had to be sought abroad last year . nhs spending on temporary staff has rocketed to a staggering # 2.5 billion a year because of a chronic shortage of british nurses . the number of foreign nurses and midwives registered in the past 12 months grew to 8,200 , up from just 6,200 a year earlier . around 7,500 came from the eu - particularly spain , italy and portugal - with others came from further afield , including the philippines . it also emerged that 29 per cent of new nurses were recruited from abroad in the past 12 months , compared to 11 per cent five years ago . water in the air , even in dry areas , can be transformed into ice crystals by seeding the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice . they create rain by inducing nucleation -- a process in which water is in the air condenses around the particles and crystallises to form ice . but some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . compared to other alternatives , such as desalinating seawater , cloud seeding is the cheapest option , though it is n't going to be a drought-buster on its own . in a recent wyoming weather modification pilot project , the technology resulted in an increase of seasonal snow water accumulations of 5 to 15 per cent . but selover , the state climatologist , told cronkite news that the trickiest part of cloud seeding is measuring whether an area got more rainfall . ` so the effectiveness of it is in doubt , ' she said . ` it 's not that it 's completely ineffective -- they 're pretty sure it has some impact -- but it 's pretty hard to measure . ' some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . pictured is lake powell , near page , arizona .
central arizona project invested $ 1 million to research cloud seeding . process involves seeding clouds over the rockies with silver iodide . some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins . there are also legal uncertainties over who should get additional water .
by the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust . it represents double the rate for a neurologist and was revealed following a freedom of information request . it also emerged there were 47 agency nurses working at the trust in december last year . the trust , which runs the royal shrewsbury hospital and the princess royal hospital in telford , has been criticised for wasting taxpayers ' money . the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust paid # 2,200 to a temporary nurse for one 12-hour shift to help amid a shortage of trained nurses , a freedom of information request revealed -lrb- file picture -rrb- . jonathan isaby , chief executive of the taxpayers ' alliance , said : ` taxpayers will be aghast at the cost of just one shift . since 2007 , cap has put about $ 1 million toward research happening in other states to increase the supply of water in the colorado river system . water in the air , even in dry areas , can be transformed into ice crystals by using planes to seed the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice . if it seems like it never stops raining , blame the russians . or even the north koreans . cia chiefs fear hostile nations are trying to manipulate the world 's weather , a conference heard in february . a leading academic told how he got a mysterious phone call asking whether foreign countries could be triggering droughts or flooding . controlling the world 's climate would we know about it ? ` of course they were also asking - if we control someone else 's climate would they then know about it . ' the professor is one of many scientists from around the world are actively looking at manipulating the weather as a way of combating climate change . professor robock told the callers that any attempts to meddle with the weather on a large scale would be detectable . the system works on the premise that rainfall takes place when supercooled droplets of water form ice crystals . ` we have recruited , or made offers to , more than 150 staff nurses and health care assistants in recent months as part of our efforts to recruit more nursing staff to support our wards and departments . defending the spend sarah bloomfield , director of nursing at the trust , said temporary staff had to be used to cover a shortfall in trained nurses . she said in recent months the hospitals have recruited more than 150 nurses and healthcare assistants . ` these new recruits have included a number who have been offered positions through a successful nursing recruitment event at the royal shrewsbury hospital just last week , which we will repeat again on thursday . as a result they become too heavy to remain suspended in the air , and fall , often melting on their way down to form rain . ` we 'll continue our efforts to ensure that over the coming months we will see fewer agency nurses on our wards as our new starters get settled in , which will mean better continuity of care and more support for ward teams . ' figures obtained by the nursing and midwifery council also revealed nearly a third of nursing recruits in the uk had to be sought abroad last year . nhs spending on temporary staff has rocketed to a staggering # 2.5 billion a year because of a chronic shortage of british nurses . the number of foreign nurses and midwives registered in the past 12 months grew to 8,200 , up from just 6,200 a year earlier . around 7,500 came from the eu - particularly spain , italy and portugal - with others came from further afield , including the philippines . it also emerged that 29 per cent of new nurses were recruited from abroad in the past 12 months , compared to 11 per cent five years ago . water in the air , even in dry areas , can be transformed into ice crystals by seeding the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice . they create rain by inducing nucleation -- a process in which water is in the air condenses around the particles and crystallises to form ice . but some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . compared to other alternatives , such as desalinating seawater , cloud seeding is the cheapest option , though it is n't going to be a drought-buster on its own . in a recent wyoming weather modification pilot project , the technology resulted in an increase of seasonal snow water accumulations of 5 to 15 per cent . but selover , the state climatologist , told cronkite news that the trickiest part of cloud seeding is measuring whether an area got more rainfall . ` so the effectiveness of it is in doubt , ' she said . ` it 's not that it 's completely ineffective -- they 're pretty sure it has some impact -- but it 's pretty hard to measure . ' some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . pictured is lake powell , near page , arizona .
with a ` megadrought ' forecast to hit the us in the coming decades , parched states are turning to increasingly radical solutions to fill their reservoirs . arizona is leading the way with plans to create artificial rain clouds by flying planes over the rockies and seeding the sky with silver iodide . they hope the technology will allow them to mitigate some of the worst impacts of climate change -- but not everyone is convinced . with a ` megadrought ' forecast to hit the us in the coming decades , parched states are turning to increasingly radical solutions to fill their reservoirs . arizona is leading the way with plans to create artificial rain clouds by flying planes over the rockies , and seeding the sky with silver iodide . the process of cloud seeding was first proposed in the 1940s at the general electric labs in schenectady , new york . two decades later , the central arizona project and the salt river project invested in research to make it a reality . ` it has n't been taken off the table as a potential tool as we work our way through drought now and in the future , ' nancy selover , arizona 's state climatologist told becky brisley at cronkite news . nhs bosses have today come under fire after it emerged a hospital paid a temporary nurse # 2,200 to cover a single 12-hour shift . the figure , which equates to # 183 an hour , was paid cost of just one shift . since 2007 , cap has put about $ 1 million toward research happening in other states to increase the supply of water in the colorado river system . water in the air , even in dry areas , can be transformed into ice crystals by using planes to seed the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice . if it seems like it never stops raining , blame the russians . or even the north koreans . cia chiefs fear hostile nations are trying to manipulate the world 's weather , a conference heard in february . a leading academic told how he got a mysterious phone call asking whether foreign countries could be triggering droughts or flooding . therapy unit on a bank holiday . defending their spending , sarah bloomfield , director of nursing at shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust , said temporary staff had to be used to cover a shortfall in trained nurses . she highlighted their situation is one shared by many hospitals across the uk . she added : ` we have said consistently that we want to recruit more nurses to reduce our reliance on agency and temporary staff and this has been widely publicised with a number of recruitment events taking place recently to attract new staff . professor alan robock , from rutgers university in new jersey , said : ` consultants working for the cia rang and said we 'd like to know if someone is controlling the world 's climate would we know about it ? ` of course they were also asking - if we control someone else 's climate would they then know about it . ' the professor is one of many scientists from around the world are actively looking at manipulating the weather as a way of combating climate change . professor robock told the callers that any attempts to meddle with the weather on a large scale would be detectable . the system works on the premise that rainfall takes place when supercooled droplets of water form ice crystals . ` we have recruited , or made offers to , more than 150 staff nurses and health care assistants in recent months as part of our efforts to came from further afield , including the philippines . it also emerged that 29 per cent of new nurses were recruited from abroad in the past 12 months , compared to 11 per cent five years ago . water in the air , even in dry areas , can be transformed into ice crystals by seeding the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice . they create rain by inducing nucleation -- a process in which water is in the air condenses around the particles and crystallises to form ice . but some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . compared to other alternatives , such as desalinating seawater , cloud seeding is the cheapest option , though it is n't going to be a drought-buster on its own . in a recent wyoming weather modification pilot project , the technology resulted in an increase of seasonal snow water accumulations of 5 to 15 per cent . but selover , the state climatologist , told cronkite news that the trickiest part of cloud seeding is measuring whether an area got more rainfall . ` so the effectiveness of it is in doubt , ' she said . ` it 's not that it 's completely ineffective -- they 're pretty sure it has some impact -- but it 's pretty hard to measure . ' some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . pictured is lake powell , near page , arizona .
with a ` megadrought ' forecast the us in, parched states turning increasingly radical solutions fill their reservoirs. arizona is leading plans artificial rain clouds by flying planes the rockies seeding. they hope the technology allow mitigate -- but. with a ` megadrought ' forecast the us in, parched states turning increasingly radical solutions fill their reservoirs. arizona is leading plans artificial rain clouds by flying planes the rockies, seeding the process cloud seeding was first at the general electric labs schenectady, new york two decades later, the central arizona project and the salt river project invested research make reality ` it has n't taken off as a potential tool as we work drought now in, ' nancy selover, arizona 's state climatologist told becky brisley cronkite news nhs bosses have today come it a hospital paid a temporary nurse # 2,200 to. the figure, equates # 183 an, was paid the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust. it represents double the rate for a neurologist and was revealed following a freedom. it also emerged there 47 agency nurses the trust december last. the trust, which runs the royal shrewsbury hospital the princess royal hospital telford has criticised wasting taxpayers ' money. the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust paid # 2,200 to a temporary nurse one 12-hour shift to amid a shortage, a freedom -lrb- file picture -rrb-. jonathan isaby, chief executive the taxpayers ' alliance, : ` taxpayers will just one shift. since 2007, cap has put about 1 million toward research happening other states to increase the supply water the colorado river system. water in, even dry areas can transformed ice crystals using planes to seed the atmosphere chemicals silver iodide or dry ice if it seems never stops raining, blame the russians or even the north koreans. cia chiefs fear hostile nations trying manipulate the world 's weather, a conference heard february. a leading academic told how got a mysterious phone call asking whether foreign countries triggering or. ` agency nurses are far expensive their regular counterparts we minimise used. ` you ca n't open a newspaper without hearing how tight finances in the nhs, but the service has become far with already. ' edmund stubbs, from independent think tank civitas added : ` it evident a lack staff leading excessive spending agency staff, locums overseas recruitment ' a spokesman the trust the # 2,200 figure includes vat, adding the true figure paid the nurse, including travel expenses # 1,864. the shift covered was one in specialist intensive therapy unit on a bank holiday. defending their spending, sarah bloomfield, director nursing shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust said temporary staff had used cover a shortfall trained nurses. she highlighted their situation is one shared many hospitals the uk. she added : ` we said consistently recruit more nurses reduce our reliance agency temporary staff this widely publicised with recruitment events taking recently to attract. professor alan robock, from rutgers university in new jersey, said : ` consultants working the cia rang and said we 'd know someone controlling the world 's climate would know about ` of course they also asking - if control someone else 's climate would then know about. ' the professor one many scientists from are actively looking manipulating as combating. professor robock told the callers any attempts meddle the weather on detectable. the system works the premise rainfall takes supercooled droplets. ` we recruited, or made offers more than 150 staff nurses recent months as recruit support our wards departments. defending the spend sarah bloomfield, director nursing the trust, temporary staff used cover a shortfall trained nurses. she in recent months the hospitals recruited healthcare assistants. ` these new recruits included who offered positions through a successful nursing recruitment event at the royal shrewsbury hospital just last, which we repeat thursday as they become too heavy remain suspended, fall, often melting on form rain. ` we 'll continue ensure over see fewer agency nurses on our new starters get settled, which better continuity more support ward teams. ' figures obtained the nursing and midwifery council also nearly a third nursing recruits the uk to sought abroad last. nhs spending temporary staff has rocketed staggering # 2.5 a because a chronic shortage british nurses. the number foreign nurses registered grew 8,200, just a. around 7,500 came the eu - particularly spain, italy portugal - with others came further, the philippines. it also emerged 29 per cent new nurses recruited in, 11 five water in, even dry areas can transformed ice crystals seeding chemicals silver iodide or dry ice they create rain by inducing nucleation -- water in around crystallises to ice. but some scientists silver building river basins, as legal uncertainties who get the additional water. compared other alternatives, such desalinating seawater cloud seeding is the cheapest option though n't going a drought-buster on in a recent wyoming weather modification pilot project, the technology resulted seasonal snow water accumulations 5 per. but selover, the state climatologist told cronkite news the trickiest part cloud seeding measuring whether an area got more rainfall. ` so the effectiveness it in doubt, ' she. ` it that it completely ineffective -- they pretty sure has some impact -- hard measure. ' some scientists concerned silver building river basins, as well legal uncertainties who get the additional water. pictured is lake powell, near page, arizona.
controlling the world 's climate would we know about it ? ` of course they were also asking - if we control someone else 's climate would they then know about it . ' the professor is one of many scientists from around the world are actively looking at manipulating the weather as a way of combating climate change . professor robock told the callers that any attempts to meddle with the weather on a large scale would be detectable . the system works on the premise that rainfall takes place when supercooled droplets of water form ice crystals . ` we have recruited , or made offers to , more than 150 staff nurses and health care assistants in recent months as part of our efforts to recruit more nursing staff to support our wards and departments . defending the spend sarah bloomfield , director of nursing at the trust , said temporary staff had to be used to cover a shortfall in trained nurses . she said in recent months the hospitals have recruited more than 150 nurses and healthcare assistants . ` these new recruits have included a number who have been offered positions through a successful nursing recruitment event at the royal shrewsbury hospital just last week , which we will repeat again on thursday . as a result they become too heavy to remain suspended in the air , and fall , often melting on their way down to form rain . ` we 'll continue our efforts to ensure that over the coming months we will see fewer agency nurses on our wards as our new starters get settled in , which will mean better continuity of care and more support for ward teams . ' figures obtained by the nursing and midwifery council also revealed nearly a third of nursing recruits in the uk had to be sought abroad last year . nhs spending on temporary staff has rocketed to a staggering # 2.5 billion a year because of a chronic shortage of british nurses . the number of foreign nurses and midwives registered in the past 12 months grew to 8,200 , up from just 6,200 a year earlier . around 7,500 came from the eu - particularly spain , italy and portugal - with others came from further afield , including the philippines . it also emerged that 29 per cent of new nurses were recruited from abroad in the past 12 months , compared to 11 per cent five years ago . water in the air , even in dry areas , can be transformed into ice crystals by seeding the atmosphere with chemicals such as silver iodide or dry ice . they create rain by inducing nucleation -- a process in which water is in the air condenses around the particles and crystallises to form ice . but some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . compared to other alternatives , such as desalinating seawater , cloud seeding is the cheapest option , though it is n't going to be a drought-buster on its own . in a recent wyoming weather modification pilot project , the technology resulted in an increase of seasonal snow water accumulations of 5 to 15 per cent . but selover , the state climatologist , told cronkite news that the trickiest part of cloud seeding is measuring whether an area got more rainfall . ` so the effectiveness of it is in doubt , ' she said . ` it 's not that it 's completely ineffective -- they 're pretty sure it has some impact -- but it 's pretty hard to measure . ' some scientists are concerned about silver building up in river basins , as well as legal uncertainties over who should get the additional water . pictured is lake powell , near page , arizona .
 The text discusses how scientists are working to control the world's climate by manipulating weather patterns. They are using advanced technology to create artificial rain and snow, which can help combat droughts and floods. The process involves seeding clouds with silver iodide or dry ice to stimulate precipitation. This method has been used in countries like China, India, and the US. However, some experts raise concerns about the ethics and potential risks of this technology.