Creating rain
Fighting the heat isn’t always easy, especially in places like the United Arab Emirates where temperatures can easily reach almost 50 Celsius at certain times of the year.
In the UAE — specifically in Dubai — scientists have started tackling high temperatures by creating their own rain.
Dubai is now using drones that fly towards the clouds and discharge electrical charges to produce rain. The charges cause the clouds to gather together to produce rain.
Cloud seeding
The technique is called “cloud seeding,” and is used to help increase low annual rainfall — and it seems to be working.These cloud seeding efforts are part of an ongoing $15 million project by the United Arab Emirates to generate rainfall in the country.
The technology was created by experts at the University of Reading in the UK.Professor Maarten Ambaum, who worked on the project, said the Emirates had enough clouds to create conditions that would allow rain. “When the drops merge and are big enough, they will fall as rain” Professor Ambaum told the BBC.
Preserving rain
The UAE is also looking at methods of preserving the rain that hits the ground, rather than allowing it to evaporate.
To this end, the country has about 130 dams and dikes with a storage capacity of 120 million cubic meters, according to the ministry.
NCMS executive director Abdulla al-Mandoos said studies were being prepared to plan more dams and protect water, with the aim of directing rain “from the cloud to the aquifer.” “We do not want to waste a drop of water,” he added.
Thank you for visiting ArabicOnline.Eu. Our award winning interactive courses of Modern Standard Arabic have been developed for anyone with a genuine interest in Arabic, whether for private, educational or professional reasons and are specially designed for self-study. Our website and our language courses are free from advertisements and we don't share any personal details of our visitors or registered members with third parties. Nor do we sell data for targeted advertising. We believe passionately that learning should be free from commercial distractions. For this reason we rely on subscriptions to fund the development of our products. Click here to find out more about our Beginner to Intermediate Arabic courses.
