“Climate change is caused by corporations using "weather modification patents.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 23 Mar 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Weather modification such as cloud seeding aims to encourage rain or snow to increase water supplies. Experts say these moves cannot change the climate as a whole.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 March 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 March 2023, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CqG-KFXPzxK/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=5e0b1636-7ba1-43b9-9a…
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