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Archive Home > 2009 > December > 11 > In Moscow, scientists aim to stop snowfall

In Moscow, scientists aim to stop snowfall

Russian climatologists turning city into a battleground in fight against winter

By Megan K. Stack / The Bulletin
December 11, 2009

MOSCOW — In the snow-hushed woods on Moscow’s northern edge, scientists are decades deep into research on bending the weather to their will. They’ve been at it since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin paused long enough in the throes of World War II to found an observatory dedicated to tampering with....

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