The United
Arab Emirates is planning to build a man-made mountain to increase rainfall. The
desert nation is hoping the major project will recreate the effect of mountain
ranges and force air to rise, creating clouds that will allow cloud-seeding. Cloud-seeding
is a type of weather modification which aims to alter the amount and type of
precipitation produced by clouds. Scientists from National Centre for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) run by the US-based University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research (UCAR) are currently in “detailed modeling study” phase. They
are deciding on the most effective locations in the Emirates states to built
it, while also pondering how wide and tall it should be. The UAE already has a
permanent weather modification department which spent $385,400 on cloud-seeding
last year alone.
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