A family evacuating to safer grounds as Taal volcano in Tagaytay erupted on Monday. - AP
MANILA, (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The proposal to cloud seed in areas affected by ashfall from the eruption of the Taal Volcano needs further study, according to the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
“That has to be studied. In general, cloud [seeding] is a good idea, but how to operationalise it, you really have to study, ” Phivolcs director and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary Dr Renato Solidum said in a press briefing on Tuesday (Jan 14).
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