According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 50 countries in the world officially influence the weather. They “sow” artificial clouds and “sow” them to rain. Can this go well?
The silver iodide rods mounted on the wings of the weatherplane and shot into the clouds from there are as long as normal cigarettes. In the eyes of the Chinese rulers, these mini-missiles are true wonder weapons in the fight against the devastating drought that is turning vast, once fertile areas of the Middle Kingdom into barren deserts. According to official information, 4.2 million people are affected by the effects of the drought in Hubei province alone.
This is exactly why the massive “water cannon” upgrade is happening now. Both in the air and on the ground, where the clouds are already the target of batteries of rocket launchers. The fundamentally logical idea behind this kind of celestial artificial humidity: clouds that wouldn’t normally rain are made to “cry” anyway. The People’s Republic aims to cover more than 5.5 million square kilometers with artificial irrigation programs by 2025. The communist government under dictator Xi Jingping is paying billions for this.
The formula: silver + salt for artificial clouds
As even China’s longest river, the Yangtze, threatens to degenerate into a rippling stream, dozens of cloud seeding bombers are currently taking to the skies. And actually with a technology that Nobel laureate Irvin Langmuir used with some success in the US in the 1940s and 1950s. The chemical formula, which still works today: a special salt is mixed from silver and iodine, namely silver iodide.
When the clouds are seeded, particles are injected into them, where the droplets should collect. There is a catch in the story of manipulation: the individual droplets are as thick as a human hair and do not fall to the ground as easily. Often there is only drizzle or fine precipitation, but no productive continuous rain, because the individual cloud basically does not contain that much water.
Professor of atmospheric physics, Ulrike Lohmann of the Technical University in Zurich, shares this skepticism. According to the Swiss scientist, because of the small amounts and because most of the clouds evaporate before the shelling, relevant large-scale rainstorms in China are only feasible in decades.
Other meteorologists point out that the effectiveness of making rain cannot be proven: “To prove this, you would need two identical clouds – one unvaccinated, the other not. But such celestial twins just exist In any case, you reach your limits, i.e. when there is not a cloud in the sparkling blue sky.On the other hand, it is also technically possible to summon sunshine, for example for major events, by raining on a cloud that early or late would have disappeared anyway.
Saudi Arabia processes clouds with electric shocks
However, the storm and stress behavior in the air laboratory is unstoppable. The official website of the US industry leader “Weather Modification” alone is revealing. The armed forces of several countries and even a division of the United States Department of Defense are listed there.
In general, “cloud seeding” is as common as genetic engineering in the United States. According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a total of 50 countries around the world are changing the weather and with it the climate. Saudi Arabia is trying a special technique in which the drops are connected by electric currents, making them heavier and falling to the ground. In Dubai, however, such an attempt went fundamentally wrong. Because the result was severe flooding and flash flooding in the desert.
Warning of impending wars over the weather
Kurt Weinberger, head of the local hail insurance company, sees that additional political problems can arise in addition to the ecological intervention: “If one region seizes the rain from the other, it can dry out. This brings the risk of conflict and even wars.” along.”
In general, cloud manipulation would only combat the symptoms of the climate crisis rather than its causes. Environmentalists have expressed concern that silver iodide is toxic and poses a danger to our water bodies.
When weathermakers play God, playing with rain can quickly turn into playing with fire.
Source: Krone
I’m Wayne Wickman, a professional journalist and author for Today Times Live. My specialty is covering global news and current events, offering readers a unique perspective on the world’s most pressing issues. I’m passionate about storytelling and helping people stay informed on the goings-on of our planet.
