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China inducing rainfall to combat severe drought
Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses around a tiny particle of dust or salt floating in the atmosphere.
Cloud seeding aims to improve a cloud's ability to produce rain or snow by introducing tiny ice nuclei into certain types of subfreezing clouds. After cloud seeding takes place, the newly formed snowflakes quickly grow and fall from the clouds back to the surface of the Earth, increasing snowpack and streamflow. It is often used to enhance snowfall in winter or increase water supply when there is not enough rain even though the effectiveness of the technique is still being debated. Having experienced record heat and drought in many parts of China, water-scarce provinces are trying cloud seeding operations to induce rainfall. Indeed, no clouds, no rain or snow. Will technology save us from heat and drought now or in the long run?
Read the article and learn about another impact of extreme weather conditions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-62573547
China inducing rainfall to combat severe drought
Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that form when water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses around a tiny particle of dust or salt floating in the atmosphere.
Cloud seeding aims to improve a cloud's ability to produce rain or snow by introducing tiny ice nuclei into certain types of subfreezing clouds. After cloud seeding takes place, the newly formed snowflakes quickly grow and fall from the clouds back to the surface of the Earth, increasing snowpack and streamflow. It is often used to enhance snowfall in winter or increase water supply when there is not enough rain even though the effectiveness of the technique is still being debated. Having experienced record heat and drought in many parts of China, water-scarce provinces are trying cloud seeding operations to induce rainfall. Indeed, no clouds, no rain or snow. Will technology save us from heat and drought now or in the long run?
Read the article and learn about another impact of extreme weather conditions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-62573547
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