Summary
- Indonesia is using cloud seeding techniques to reduce intense rains hampering construction of the new capital city, Nusantara.
- Cloud seeding involves manipulating existing clouds with particles or chemicals to induce rain.
- The operation around Nusantara is the first time authorities have used cloud seeding to reduce rainfall.
- The Indonesian government aims to have 1.9 million people living in Nusantara by 2045.