is the advantage of my office work, among other things, that I can throw now and then a furtive glance at an online newspaper page. That is, if my internal big brothers (Big Brothers) just do not look over their shoulders, and allow a quick web browsing.
am Today I came across an interesting article in arabianbusiness.com . Read value not only for its extraordinary subject matter, but also because some of my countrymen had, in the truest sense of the word their hands in the game and as a Weather Makers operated successfully.
In the article is all about rain and storm. Not in a teacup, but in the desert. Scientists from the Swiss company Meteo Systems International have in the months of July and August last year, commissioned by the government of Abu Dhabi over 50 thunderstorms in Al Ain produced. This was done as part of a secret , eleven million U.S. dollar and the country's ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan granted, project.
were exceptionally large Ionizers negatively charged particles (electrons) generated, resulting in cloud formation and rainfall. Requirement was a minimum Humidity of 30 percent. Distributed over 122 days of summer, the electron sources have been activated 74 times.
poured As a result, over the city of Al Ain in 52 days and then rain, when the local weather service neither clouds nor precipitation was announced. Moreover, the rain was several times by hail, storm winds and severe lightning accompanied.
The project was supervised by Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. Such procedures provide ample options for the future, such as the ability to dry areas to provide them with more water and thus creating favorable conditions for agricultural projects.
"Maybe this is the most important point for mankind, "is about Professor Hartmut Grassl, Max Planck quotes a former director of the institute.
And we Swiss are involved at the forefront of it. Once again among the top five ; As in the watch, cheese or chocolate production. Not to
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