Introducing Weather Jiu-Jitsu, a new approach to avert catastrophic weather events

"We Call It Weather Jiu-Jitsu": Scientists Want to Fight Extreme Weather With Precision ‘Nudges’ Instead of Force

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Scientists propose ‘weather jiu-jitsu’ to nudge hurricanes off course

Researchers say simulations show carefully timed cloud-seeding operations days before 2012 Hurricane Sandy could have shifted its track by about 300 miles to miss New York City

Introducing Weather Jiu-Jitsu, a new approach to avert catastrophic weather events

In a new perspective paper, Qin Huang of Arizona State University and colleagues propose that the worst damage from extreme weather events could be prevented through Weather Jiu-Jitsu, a theory-based approach to "nudge" weather systems away from harmful trajectories. The paper was published in PLOS Water.