The United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries have been hit by record rainfall this week, resulting in devastating flooding, dozens of deaths, significant damage and the diversion of flights.
Government meteorologists suggested early on that the UAE’s well-known geoengineering efforts were at least partially to blame. But now that the body count is known, the government task force in charge of cloud-seeding missions in the area is trying to deny responsibility.
liberal media such as guardian and wired And so-called experts graciously accept these denials, instead hinting that climate change and other factors may be to blame.
When it rains, NCM makes it rain
cloud seeding This is a controversial weather modification technique in which aircraft, rockets, artillery, or ground-based generators release various chemicals and particulates such as potassium chloride into clouds in order to artificially increase precipitation. .
Professor Ari Laaksonen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute
shown There are two main types of cloud seeding methods. Hygroscopic cloud seeding serves to accelerate droplet coalescence in liquid clouds, “leading to the generation of large droplets that begin to precipitate.” Another technique is called glacier-forming cloud seeding, which serves to “trigger ice formation in supercooled clouds, leading to precipitation.”
Cloud seeding not only works;
reportedly In 2018, Utah’s water supply increased by an estimated 12%.
UAE is conducting cloud seeding mission
For decades.
according to The UAE is stepping up efforts under the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement, managed by the Gulf state’s National Meteorological Center, Dubai’s Khaleej Times reported. This special scheme was launched by the UAE Presidential Ministry.
“By experimenting with different seeding approaches, these campaigns can lead to more effective cloud seeding approaches, resulting in better coverage of targeted areas,” Aliya Almazroui, the director of the initiative, told Khaleej Times in September. We expect that there may be an increase in rainfall.”
On average, NCM
reportedly conducts more than 1,000 hours of cloud seeding missions each year using aircraft equipped with hygroscopic flares packed with nucleating agents.
It appears as if the NCM succeeded in its efforts at the cost of many lives.
disaster and denial
ABC News Australia
report A year’s worth of rain fell on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, paralyzing Dubai and effectively shutting down Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest hub for international air travel.
As well as prompting hundreds of planes to divert, the rain caused devastating flooding and deaths across the Emirates and Bahrain.
at least 20 One in Oman and one in the UAE. The underground parking lot was flooded and subway service was suspended. With shutter. Power outages also occurred in some areas.
media office in dubai
Admitted The torrential rains experienced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week were the heaviest in 75 years, it was announced on Tuesday.
Dr. Ahmed Habib, a meteorological expert at the Gulf States National Meteorological Center, said:
Said Bloomberg reported that NCM dispatched seeding planes from Al Ain Airport on Monday and Tuesday to “take advantage of convective cloud formations.”
Bloomberg suggested that NCM conducted several cloud dispersal flights before the heavy rain. Associated Press too
shown At least one aircraft associated with the cloud seeding program flew around the country on Monday.
The NCM claimed on Wednesday that it instead sowed the seeds in the air on Sunday and Monday. State media has not acknowledged the early morning flight.
Omar Al-Yazidi, Deputy Director of NCM, later
Said CNBC reported that the station “did not conduct any seed planting operations during this event.”
Khabib too
then changed his tonewhich suggests that the six cloud-seeding flights he previously told reporters did indeed fly missions, but did not sow any cloud seeds.
Various so-called experts have clearly taken the NCM at its word and are seizing the opportunity to blame climate change instead.
Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said:
tweeted“Did cloud seeding play any role? (Spoiler: Probably no!) But what about #ClimateChange? (Another spoiler: Probably yes!).”
“When we talk about heavy rain, we also have to talk about climate change. Focusing on cloud seeding is misleading,” said Friederike, a global warming expert at Imperial College, London. Otto says.
Said Associated Press. “As the climate warms, the atmosphere is able to hold more moisture, so we’re getting much more rainfall around the world.”
“Rainfall from thunderstorms, such as those recently seen in the United Arab Emirates, has increased significantly especially as the world warms. This is because convection, the strong updrafts of thunderstorms, is stronger in a warmer world. “, said Dim Coumou of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Said Reuters.
Maarten Ambau, professor of atmospheric physics at the University of Reading, said:
Said The Guardian said: “Crowd seeding is certainly used in the Emirates on clouds that don’t normally produce rain…very severe storms don’t usually emerge from them.” said.
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