UAE plans manmade mountain to increase rainfall

The United Arab Emirates is considering proposals for an artificial mountain that could help increase the country's rainfall. Researchers are exploring different approaches to creating more rain in the country, according to reports. One option is to construct an artificial
mountain, which would increase cloud production and make it possible to create rain on demand. A team at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the US are understood to have received a $400,000 grant towards a detailed study exploring whether it would work. What we are looking at is basically evaluating the effects on weather through the type of mountain, how high it should be and how the slopes should be," explained NCAR lead researcher Roelof Bruintjes, speaking to Dubai news site Arabian Business .
"We will have a report of the first phase this summer as an initial step.