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China announces plans to expand the experimental weather modification program

 

In a major development, China’s State Council has revealed stunning breakthroughs in research and the latest technologies pertaining to weather programs. According to a report, China will get an advanced weather modification system by the year 2025.

The report claims that the entire area of artificial rainfall is expected to cover over 5.5 million square kilometres. Meanwhile, the area of hail suppression will include approximately 5,80,000 square kilometres that will be more than Victoria.

According to a statement released, there will be strong development in vital technologies, a gradual progress in modernization, refined services, and strong prevention against safety risks.

The weather modification will help the country’s agricultural production and protect the ecologically endangered areas, added the State Council. Also, the program will help in controlling natural calamities like drought, fires, extreme temperatures, and hail among others.

Earlier, China tried to control the weather in a bid to save the farming areas and to guarantee clear skies during crucial events.

Previously, China seeded clouds prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics with the aim to bring down smog and get rid of the possibilities of rain. Also, the vital political meetings that took place in the Chinese capital are infamous for enjoying stunning clear skies as a result of the weather modification and closure of surrounding factories.  

It is worth mentioning that cloud seeding has been there in existence in China for over 10 years. It functions by injecting a little amount of silver iodide into clouds with plenty of moisture which subsequently condenses around the new particles. It leads them to become heavier and ultimately dropping as precipitation.

The uncertainty continued as China invested majorly in the technology between 2012 and 2017. It spent approximately $1.34 billion on several weather modification programs. Earlier in 2019, weather modification helped in bringing down about 70% of hail damage in China.

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