China is trying to make it rain
China are ploughing more than £22million into shooting salt-and-mineral-filled bullets into the sky in a bid to make it rain.
But Beijing is not alone in its pursuit to play God with the weather, with at least 52 countries, including the US, using weather modification techniques which allows authorities to clear the skies or make it rain.
Droughts in places such as the the US and China are one of the biggest constraints on their farming industries, which is why scientists are working to eradicate the the prolonged dry seasons.
They will do this by putting chemicals in the sky.
Droughts are China and the US's biggest threat to their farming industries Even in the hottest regions of the world, moisture remains in the skies.
Before it rains, the moisture particles in the air condense and cool on smaller particles like dust which is how clouds are formed.
Once enough of the particles have come together and the clouds get heavier, then it begins to rain.
However, the experts are hoping to speed up this process from the ground.
By ploughing chemicals into the clouds that will lower the temperature of the clouds which will ultimately give more material for the moisture to build on.
They hope that this will speed the process up and rain sooner. Bart
Geerts, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of
Wyoming, told Business Insider that although ‘cloud-seeding’ could work,
he is not completely optimistic.
Mr Geerts said: "I think the verdict is still out.”
However, he said that “even a 10 per cent increase in rainfall or snowfall may be worth the expense.”
Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/694771/PLAYING-GOD-Tens-of-millions-spent-on-huge-project-to-change-the-WEATHER
But Beijing is not alone in its pursuit to play God with the weather, with at least 52 countries, including the US, using weather modification techniques which allows authorities to clear the skies or make it rain.
Droughts in places such as the the US and China are one of the biggest constraints on their farming industries, which is why scientists are working to eradicate the the prolonged dry seasons.
They will do this by putting chemicals in the sky.
Before it rains, the moisture particles in the air condense and cool on smaller particles like dust which is how clouds are formed.
Once enough of the particles have come together and the clouds get heavier, then it begins to rain.
By ploughing chemicals into the clouds that will lower the temperature of the clouds which will ultimately give more material for the moisture to build on.
They hope that this will speed the process up and rain sooner.
Mr Geerts said: "I think the verdict is still out.”
However, he said that “even a 10 per cent increase in rainfall or snowfall may be worth the expense.”
Source: http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/694771/PLAYING-GOD-Tens-of-millions-spent-on-huge-project-to-change-the-WEATHER