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Humans can influence the weather ― to a degree. Today, cloud seeding, or artifical rain, is mostly used to bring water to drought-ravaged regions. But it's also been misused in the past.
A weather modification program. the process, known as �*cloud seeding' consists of using silver iodide rods to induce rainfall, but these operations have raised both ethical and social questions. joining me now is dr shiuh—shen chien, professor of development geography and urban china geography at national taiwan university. a warm welcome to the programme. so, that was a long introduction there, we will try to keep our viewers on board here as we talk about cloud seeding to try and bring rain when there is no rain. how does it work? , ., , when there is no rain. how does it work? , . , .,...
Translation: in the past, | the water level was basically more than three metres during this season. i've been working for over a decade and i've never seen such low water levels. after weeks of extreme heat, china issued its first national drought alert of the year last week. some authorities in parts of central and southwestern china have turned to cloud seeding an attempt to try and induce rainfall. there have been reports of rockets being launched into the sky carrying chemicals, but a lack of cloud cover has stalled efforts in some areas, and there's no let—up in sight. a red heat warni...
During this season. i've been working for over a decade and i've never seen such low water levels. after weeks of extreme heat, china issued its first national drought alert of the year last week. some authorities in parts of central and southwestern china have turned to cloud seeding — an attempt to try and induce rainfall. there have been reports of rockets being launched into the sky carrying chemicals, but a lack of cloud cover has stalled efforts in some areas, and there's no let—up in sight. a red heat warning, the highest level of alert, remains in place in large swathes of the coun...
In the central hubei province as rural communities struggle to get by and crops have withered. plunging water levels of the yangtze river in china's southwestern region have revealed this trio of buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old. translation: in the past, | the water level was basically more than three meters during this season. i've been working for over a decade and i've never seen such low water levels. after weeks of extreme heat, china issued its first national drought alert of the year last week. some authorities in parts of central and southwestern china have turned to clou...