By 2025, China will be able to cause artificial rain and snow in most of the country

The Chinese government announced a five-fold expansion of its weather control project, officials noted that it

will cover 56% of the country's area.So China will become one of dozens of countries that will use “cloud seeding” to artificially create good weather conditions for higher crop yields and prevent natural disasters. Cloud seeding involves spraying chemicals such as silver iodide or liquid nitrogen into clouds.

As noted in the State Council of the country, toIn 2035, the project will be at an “advanced level” and will help mitigate the impact of natural disasters such as drought and hail, as well as help combat drought and wildfires.

The researchers noted that the generationartificial rain and snow is pretty straightforward. Spraying chemicals such as silver iodide or liquid nitrogen can cause condensation of water droplets and rain or snow.

On “lava planets,” rocks rain and supersonic winds rage

For the first time, China has launched a localized software projectprocessing clouds in Beijing shortly before the 2008 Olympics - then they were able to artificially cause rain shortly before the start of the competition. In June 2016, China allocated $ 30 million for its cloud processing project.

A year later, China spent $ 168 million.dollars to supply equipment to support the "cloud seeding" project - they purchased four aircraft and 897 rocket launchers. As previously reported by Business Insider, the Chinese Ministry of Finance wanted to use "cloud seeding" so that by 2020 at least 60 billion cubic meters of additional precipitation would fall in the country annually.

In January 2019, state media reported that cloud seeding tactics in the western region of Xinjiang prevented 70% of the hail damage.

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