UAE investigates technology to make rain

Drones and other specially adapted aircraft could be used to change the electrical properties of clouds to cause rain to fall in the UAE.

The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science is collaborating with scientists from the UK’s University of Reading to develop a technology to “electrically seed” clouds.

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