The weather in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quite warm throughout the year and rainfall is low, which is why science is being used to solve this problem.
For this purpose, there is a new scientific method being tried.
According to UAE Meteorological Department official Abdullah Al Hamdi, cloud seeding requires rain clouds which are not always present.
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The process of artificial precipitation using electrical charges in clouds is called cloud seeding.
Due to the effects of climate change, growing population and other reasons, the UAE has increased water demand, which requires the UAE to make seawater potable from expensive plants.
Officials believe that science can help overcome this problem, and for this purpose scientists have used salt flares that draw water.
Salt flares emit salt nanoparticles, a new technology that activates clouds and accelerates the process that helps produce rain.
Cloud seeding can increase rainfall rates by 10 to 30 percent per year, Abdullah al-Hamdi said, while the costs are much lower than desalination.
Other countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia and Iran, have announced similar projects due to drought.
Edward Graham, a climatologist at the University of the Highlands and Islands in the United Kingdom, said that the UAE's use of salt for cloud seeding will not harm the environment.
He said that the planes with which this work is being done are small and if compared to billions of vehicles and big planes around the world, the damage caused by their use is equal to a drop in the ocean.
Cloud seeding is considered to be the second toughest challenge for pilots, when we are inside a cloud we try to avoid gusty winds while predicting the route, said Ahmad Al-Jabari, a pilot.
