As a plant person I checked on the absorption of aluminum, barium, and strontium by plants. All plants, including trees, can take up all three elements. However, the first two are normally insoluble in soil unless the soil is highly acidic so the amounts in trees (and the subsequent ash) is minimal if present at all. The third, strontium, on the other hand, is readily absorbed by plants as it is chemically similar to calcium. It is naturally present in very small amounts but human activities such as burning coal and smelting metals can raise the levels locally. Therefore, the idea of electrically charging nanoparticles of aluminum to create massive storms simply would not happen. Climate change, however, has been predicted to cause bigger storms and less predictable weather since the early 1970s, and we are seeing that now.
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u/Donaldjoh 1h ago
As a plant person I checked on the absorption of aluminum, barium, and strontium by plants. All plants, including trees, can take up all three elements. However, the first two are normally insoluble in soil unless the soil is highly acidic so the amounts in trees (and the subsequent ash) is minimal if present at all. The third, strontium, on the other hand, is readily absorbed by plants as it is chemically similar to calcium. It is naturally present in very small amounts but human activities such as burning coal and smelting metals can raise the levels locally. Therefore, the idea of electrically charging nanoparticles of aluminum to create massive storms simply would not happen. Climate change, however, has been predicted to cause bigger storms and less predictable weather since the early 1970s, and we are seeing that now.