{"id":42106,"date":"2021-03-01T18:50:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/?p=42106"},"modified":"2021-03-01T18:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:50:05","slug":"cloud-seeding-in-dubai-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/cloud-seeding-in-dubai-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE Cloud-Seeding: A Shortcut Or A Remedy For Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"

UAE residents are either black or white when it comes to cloud-seeding, you’re either pro-cloudseeding or anti-cloudseeding. There is no in-between about this.<\/p>\n

You can argue that playing with nature and artificially inducing rain can lead to unpredictable consequences, however, in a country like the UAE – where it’ll only get hotter with every passing year – cloud seeding comes as a saving grace for residents and the land… but at what cost?<\/p>\n

With the UAE receiving less than 100 millimetres of annual rainfall, rain enhancement projects work to improve the country\u2019s ability to address water-stress issues, water-security challenges, agriculture, will further enhance the UAE\u2019s position as a global hub for rain enhancement AND last but not least give us some content for the ‘gram!<\/p>\n

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But before we get into the impacts of cloud-seeding… let’s first understand what cloud-seeding is all about:<\/h2>\n

Cloud-seeding is a process that artificially encourages convective, or warm, clouds that have an updraft \u2014 or rising current of air \u2014\u00a0to produce rain.<\/p>\n

During this mission, planes are fitted with special salt-crystal loaded flares that are then fired into warm clouds approaching the targetted regions.<\/p>\n

The upward movement of air results in clouds sucking up the salt crystals, and the process also attracts tiny particles of water that become heavy and start falling as rain. And turn those fluffy clouds into heavy blobs of destruction.<\/p>\n

Fun fact, a rain cloud weighs a good 500,000kgs which is the equivalent of 100 elephants!<\/p>\n

Here in the UAE, there are wads of cash (millions of dollars to be specific) up for grabs for the brainiacs who can make it rain<\/h2>\n

For that, the \u2018UAE Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science\u2019 was launched back in 2015 to support research & tech proposals that boost this field & the programme even offers winning proposals a grant of up to $1.5 million (AED5.51 million). This programme is being overlooked by the National Centre of Meteorology, (NCM).<\/p>\n

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But in the UAE… when it rains, it POURS!!!<\/h2>\n

Resulting in floods, damages, hail storms, thunderstorms, lightning storms. It’s a full SCENE.<\/p>\n

We want rain in the country… but again at what cost?<\/p>\n

We want the moody pics, a boost in agriculture, support for water shortages but is artificially inducing rain and finding loopholes in nature the best idea?<\/p>\n

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Never limit God's abilities based on your current physical, economical or mental disposition. His Ways are not your ways. Floods in a desert, who would have thought? Have you prepared & designed your life well enough to handle the flood of breakthroughs coming your way in #2020? pic.twitter.com\/yMGiiUmvo5<\/a><\/p>\n

— talent chitsaka (@tchitsaka) January 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n