{"id":175898,"date":"2023-11-12T14:23:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T20:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/how-the-uaes-rain-drones-use-electric-shocks-to-kickstart-storms"},"modified":"2023-11-12T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T20:23:37","slug":"how-the-uaes-rain-drones-use-electric-shocks-to-kickstart-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/how-the-uaes-rain-drones-use-electric-shocks-to-kickstart-storms","title":{"rendered":"How the UAE\u2019s \u2018Rain Drones\u2019 Use Electric Shocks to Kickstart Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s2j4WEvrJbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a year of smashed <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/culture\/its-122f-in-canada-average-temperatures-in-the-sahara-desert-are-just-114f\" rel=\"dofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-id=\"embedded internal links\" data-type=\"link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/culture\/its-122f-in-canada-average-temperatures-in-the-sahara-desert-are-just-114f\">global temperature records<\/a>, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is turning to technology to turn the tide on the searing heat. As a <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/drone-technology-research-temperature-middle-east-weather-engineering-emirates-meteorology-2021-7\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">report by <em>Business Insider<\/em><\/a> points out, in the city of Dubai, which reaches heats of up to 120 degrees F (48 degrees C), scientists are using a special method to make it rain.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, Dubai is using drones that fly into clouds where they then discharge electricity to kickstart rain, which reduces temperatures and provides much-needed water resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a year of smashed global temperature records, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is turning to technology to turn the tide on the searing heat. As a report by Business Insider points out, in the city of Dubai, which reaches heats of up to 120 degrees F (48 degrees C), scientists are using a special [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}