With climate change and increasing water demand, drought is increasingly felt. Middle East Rain clouds cause tension among neighbors in their countries. The ‘water wars’ that come to the fore with every new dam built on rivers are now cloud seeding It’s happening before it rains.
REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS SIGNED TO THE UAE
It has had a dry season and some states are experiencing drinking water shortages. IranianWorried that her neighbors have stolen her rain since 2018. Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, one of the Revolutionary Guards commanders, drought In his speech on the subject, he said, “Both Israel and another country are trying to prevent it from raining in Iran.” The country not named in that speech was the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which recently launched its cloud seeding program.
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CHEAP THAN TREATING SALT WATER
In 12 out of 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, precipitation has decreased by 20 percent in the last 30 years. However, in the UAE alone, for example, the population of 100,000 in the 1960s has reached 10 million today. The demand for water in the UAE is already largely met by the desalination of salt water. However, each treatment plant costs around $1 billion to build and the energy required to operate is much higher than for cloud seeding. Under these conditions, the UAE spends hundreds of millions each year to make it rain. dollar He declared that he would spend Iran, which blames its neighbors, is running a similar program. Also, Morocco, Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia are among the other countries that spend money on this business.
CLOUD SEEDING IN 5 ARTICLES
– Cloud seeding, briefly the name given to the process of depositing silver iodide or salt in the clouds so that the water vapor in the air becomes heavy enough to turn into precipitation. Cement is also used for this work in Russia.
– China, which uses unmanned aerial vehicles in cloud seeding, is the country with the most ambitious program. Thousands of people work in this field.
– In the USA, this technology has been developed for 75 years. Hydroelectric power plants lead the field studies in the country.
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– Its effectiveness is still a matter of debate, despite recent positive reports. Israel ended its program in 2021, saying it was “not efficient”.
– Previously, China’s neighbors and states in the USA accused each other of ‘stealing the cloud’. There is no legal or technical regulation on this subject yet.
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