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Lessons Learned that the Global Climate Change Community Should Pay Attention To

Cotton and Pielke (1995) examined some of the implications of weather modification research to research on global climate change. They considered the following issues:

• The importance of natural variability,
• The dangers of overselling,
• The capricious administration of science, and
• scientific credibility and advocacy.

Let us re-examine each of these common issues more fully, and also discuss the implications of hygroscopic seeding research to the CCN-albedo hypothesis.

• Hygroscopic Seeding and the CCN-Albedo Hypothesis
• The Importance of Natural Variability
• The Dangers of Overselling
• The Capricious Administration of Science and Technology