In the UAE are planning to create a man-made mountain to increase the amount of precipitation
Mountain alter climatic conditions of the terrain, and rain will fall more often
It may well be that in the near future on the horizon, the mountain appears
As the oil price has taken a beating, and soon is unlikely to rise to the previous figures, the UAE is going to reduce the dependence of its economy on oil revenues . In particular, it is planned to actively develop tourism. But the UAE is also taking more radical steps - in particular, they are planning to improve climatic conditions in order to turn the desert into a flowering garden.
And what needs to be done for this? Of course build a mountain. A number of specialists from the National Atmospheric Research Center, Colorado, USA were hired to work on this project. A preliminary assessment of the project showed that if a mountain was erected in this region, cloudiness would increase, which, in theory, could lead to more precipitation.
Now in the UAE spent significant funds to increase the amount of precipitation. Thus, in 2015 alone, 186 cloud sowing operations were carried out. This mission was indeed successful - in March of this year, a record amount of precipitation fell in the UAE, which even led to the flooding of part of the area of the region (temporary flooding).
But permanent actions are needed here, and if you create a mountain, its effect on climate will be permanent. Of course, building a mountain is not an easy and expensive task. $ 400,000 has already been invested in the project (concept evaluation, etc.). The cost of building a mountain is estimated at a crazy amount of hundreds of billions of dollars.
At the moment, there are no details on how the mountain will be created, from what it will be built, and what kind of climate change is expected. You can only compare withthe Chinese program to destroy the mountains for the construction of cities, which led to an ecological disaster.
So far, scientists continue to explore the possibilities of the project, the study will continue for quite a long time, because here, like nowhere, the saying "measure seven times, one - cut off" is true. Before you create a mountain, you need to understand what it should be the height, what should be the slopes and other characteristics of the object. Otherwise, all this may lead to another environmental disaster, which in the history of our civilization, there are a lot.
It may well be that in the near future on the horizon, the mountain appears
As the oil price has taken a beating, and soon is unlikely to rise to the previous figures, the UAE is going to reduce the dependence of its economy on oil revenues . In particular, it is planned to actively develop tourism. But the UAE is also taking more radical steps - in particular, they are planning to improve climatic conditions in order to turn the desert into a flowering garden.
And what needs to be done for this? Of course build a mountain. A number of specialists from the National Atmospheric Research Center, Colorado, USA were hired to work on this project. A preliminary assessment of the project showed that if a mountain was erected in this region, cloudiness would increase, which, in theory, could lead to more precipitation.
Now in the UAE spent significant funds to increase the amount of precipitation. Thus, in 2015 alone, 186 cloud sowing operations were carried out. This mission was indeed successful - in March of this year, a record amount of precipitation fell in the UAE, which even led to the flooding of part of the area of the region (temporary flooding).
But permanent actions are needed here, and if you create a mountain, its effect on climate will be permanent. Of course, building a mountain is not an easy and expensive task. $ 400,000 has already been invested in the project (concept evaluation, etc.). The cost of building a mountain is estimated at a crazy amount of hundreds of billions of dollars.
At the moment, there are no details on how the mountain will be created, from what it will be built, and what kind of climate change is expected. You can only compare withthe Chinese program to destroy the mountains for the construction of cities, which led to an ecological disaster.
So far, scientists continue to explore the possibilities of the project, the study will continue for quite a long time, because here, like nowhere, the saying "measure seven times, one - cut off" is true. Before you create a mountain, you need to understand what it should be the height, what should be the slopes and other characteristics of the object. Otherwise, all this may lead to another environmental disaster, which in the history of our civilization, there are a lot.