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Artificial Snow
Topic Started: Apr 19 2007, 11:02 AM (111 Views)
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China claims first artificial snowfall in drought-hit Tibet

A construction site is seen in a vesture of snow in Kangding, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, 09 April 2007. China has successfully created artificial snow in the mountainous region of Tibet, raising hopes of a man-made solution to drought and melting glaciers there, state media reported on Wednesday.


China has successfully created artificial snow in the mountainous region of Tibet, raising hopes of a man-made solution to drought and melting glaciers there, state media reported on Wednesday.
The artificial snowfall was engineered on April 10 at an altitude of 4,500 metres (14,700 feet) in Nagqu country in northern Tibet, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the local meteorological station.

"The first artificial snowfall proves it's possible to change the weather through human efforts on the world's highest plateau," said Yu Zhongshui, an engineer with the meteorological station.

The snowfall measured one centimetre (0.4 inches) deep.

"To launch artificial precipitation can help alleviate drought on the grassland in northern Tibet," said Yu.

Xinhua did not give details of the method used but chemicals such as silver iodide spread by aircraft or rockets are commonly used in cloud seeding to increase rainfall in arid regions.

Recent Chinese meteorological studies have found precipitation is declining and temperatures rising on the Tibetan plateau, a vital hydrological region because it is the source of many major rivers that flow through China and other countries.

The studies have noted the region's glaciers also were receding at a rapid clip.
http://www.physorg.com/news96093524.html
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HEY!!!

Don't these idiots know that weather manipulation is "impossible"? :D
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