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The weather experiment that really engulfed Dubai

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A reckless experiment in Earth’s atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to be flooded. That was the story last week when more than a year’s worth of rain fell in one day on the Arabian Peninsula, one of the driest regions in the world. Desert cities such as Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suffered … Read more

The British scientists planning to control the world’s weather

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Record floods have brought chaos to Dubai – Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images In the summer of 2017, a delegation of visitors from the United Arab Emirates flew to the town of Reading in Berkshire. They had come not for a tour, but to discover how scientists at the university were making progress in controlling the … Read more