How 'rain drones' in Dubai use electric shocks against clouds to trigger rain to battle extreme temperatures
Fighting the heat isn't always easy but in places like the United Arab Emirates where temperatures can easily reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit at certain times of the year.
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.
Professor Maarten Ambaum, who worked on the project, said the Emirates had enough clouds to create conditions that would allow rain.
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."
