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Delhi's toxic air crisis: Can 'cloud seeding' be the solution to hazardous pollution levels?

Delhi’s air quality index recently hit hazardous levels, surpassing 450, making it one of the world’s most polluted cities. Cloud Seeding:The Proposed Solution In response to the crisis, Delhi's Environment Minister Gopal Rai proposed an unconventional solution: cloud seeding, or artificial rain. IIT Kanpur has estimated the cost of implementing cloud seeding at approximately 1 lakh rupees per square kilometre, …

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1 month ago

Artificial rain 'not feasible' option to combat Delhi air pollution crisis, says CPCB

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The Central Pollution Control Board has said the feasibility of cloud seeding as an emergency measure to battle winter pollution in northern India will be limited, citing insufficient moisture and reliance on pre-existing clouds, an RTI query has revealed. The CPCB shared its observations on a cloud seeding proposal by IIT Kanpur, which aims to combat Delhi's severe …

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1 month ago

Is artificial rain the answer to Delhi’s air crisis?

Firstpost

Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category for a third straight day on Wednesday. As the city battles toxic pollution, can artificial rain, or cloud seeding, improve the situation? Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Dean of Kotak School of Sustainability at IIT Kanpur, told NDTV that tackling air pollution with artificial rain will not be easy. According to IIT Kanpur’s Manindra …

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Delhi air pollution: Why has India failed to clean up its toxic smog?

Al Jazeera

State authorities tout an experimental plan that involves stimulating clouds for rain, but scientists are sceptical. Soaring air pollution in India’s capital, New Delhi, has reached “hazardous” levels this week, causing state officials to limit movement and revive plans to stimulate artificial rain to clear toxic smog. Here’s what you need to know about Delhi’s smog challenge and what artificial …

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1 month ago

OPINION | Artificial Rain in Delhi: Is it possible?

India TV News

Air pollution in Delhi-National Capital Region has touched the 'severe-plus' category for the third consecutive day, with people in the capital gasping for breath. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has requested Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav to convene an urgent meeting to explore carrying out of artificial rain through seeded clouds as an emergency measure. Some people have suggested that …

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1 month ago

Delhi air pollution: AAP seeks Centre's nod for artificial rain, urges PM Modi to intervene as AQI remains 'severe plus'

Hindustan Times

Delhi air pollution updates: As air quality in Delhi-NCR turns toxic, Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday alleged that the Centre was not acting on their repeated request to allow artificial rain in the national capital. Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai addresses a press conference regarding the ongoing air pollution crisis in the national capital, in New Delhi, Monday, …

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1 month ago

Amid worsening Delhi pollution, minister Gopal Rai calls for cloud seeding to reduce AQI – all about artificial rain

Live Mint

Delhi AQI Today: Amid escalating air pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has called on Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav to reconsider the use of cloud seeding as an emergency measure to tackle the city’s worsening Air Quality Index. The Delhi Government has implemented the Winter Action Plan to combat air pollution and continues exploring solutions …

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What is cloud seeding? The science behind artificial rain that Delhi's air needs

India Today

As Delhi grapples with severe air pollution, the concept of cloud seeding has emerged as a potential short-term solution to combat the hazardous air quality. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday urged the Central government to intervene, requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assistance in facilitating artificial rain to tackle the escalating air pollution crisis in the national capital. Delhi's …

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2 months ago

Gopal Rai Proposes Cloud Seeding Plan to Combat Delhi's Air Pollution

Hindustan Times

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has requested a meeting with the central government to approve a cloud seeding proposal to combat air pollution in the city. The proposal requires clearances from various government agencies, including the Ministry of Defence, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India, before it can be implemented.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on weather control conspiracy theory despite experts rubbishing ‘hurricane modification’

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Artificial Rain To Fight Winter Air Pollution: Delhi Seeks Urgent Meeting With Centre to Evaluate Cloud Seeding

News 18

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday wrote to Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, to convene an urgent meeting with stakeholders to evaluate cloud seeding to combat Delhi’s winter air pollution and secure necessary permissions. On Wednesday, News18 had reported that the Delhi government has started work on the ‘Winter Action Plan’ for the national capital …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Relying on ‘rain god’ no solution: SC to Uttarakhand as forest fires rage

Hindustan Times

Cloud seeding or depending on rain god is not the answer to the raging forest fires in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court remarked on Wednesday, even as the state government submitted that several preventive measures, including cloud seeding, were being undertaken to tackle the situation. From November till today, we have 398 fires, all man-made.” As the court wished to know …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

After devastating rainfall in UAE and Oman, experts urge integration of climate resilience in urban development plans

Hindustan Times

In the aftermath of the record-breaking rainfall in the UAE and Oman, which led to severe impacts on its infrastructure, experts are calling for an urgent revision of urban development and emergency preparedness plans to integrate considerations for extreme weather events, which are quickly becoming more frequent and severe due to the impacts of climate change. Urban planning and infrastructure …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Cause and Effect | Deluge in Dubai highlights climate vulnerability and a lack of preparedness

Hindustan Times

A year’s worth of rain in 24 hours submerged Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, in 142mm inches of water on April 16. Ahead of the flooding, the country’s disaster management authority on April 15 said in a post on X: “In preparation to the upcoming weather conditions in the country, NCEMA urges the esteemed …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Study says it’s likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier

Associated Press

Circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that just flooded Dubai and other parts of the Persian Gulf, but scientists didn’t discover the definitive fingerprints of greenhouse gas-triggered warming they have seen in other extreme weather events, a new report found. Between 10% and 40% more rain fell in just one day last week — killing …

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8 months ago

NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite captures before and after pics of Dubai floods from space

Hindustan Times

NASA recently shared striking before and after images of Dubai’s recent floods, caused by torrential rainfall that hit the United Arab Emirates last week. Captured by NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite on April 19, these images depict vast pools of floodwater contrasting sharply with the region’s typically dry terrain. Another picture taken from space shows flooded areas in Abu Dhabi, the …

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8 months ago

Extreme Dubai rainfall linked to climate change, not cloud seeding: Scientists

Hindustan Times

Extreme rainfall in Dubai late on Monday and Tuesday triggered the worst flooding in over seven decades in one of the world’s most advanced but arid cities. The intensity of the rainfall sparked speculation that cloud seeding may have led to it, prompting climate scientists to underline the climate change link to it. Friederike Otto, a senior lecturer at the …

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8 months ago

Dubai floods: Flight delay, disruption continues; remote working, school closures extended till Aprill 19

Live Mint

The United Arab Emirates experienced its heaviest downpour since records began in 1949, Dubai’s media office said in a statement. As per official handle of Emirates News Agency, The Emirates School Education Foundation has decided to extend the distance education system for all government schools in the country on Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, 2024, in order to …

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8 months ago

Govt issues helpline numbers for Indians affected by extreme weather in Dubai, in touch with authorities

India TV News

Dubai: The Indian Consulate General in Dubai has issued helpline numbers for Indian citizens affected by the extreme weather events in Dubai and the northern part of the United Arab Emirates, after the country experienced unprecedented heavy rains and widespread floods. In a series of tweets, the Indian Mission in Dubai posted helpline numbers and said it had facilitated contact …

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8 months ago

WATCH: Dubai's sky turns green after heavy rains and storms, netizens left puzzled

India TV News

Dubai: The desert country of the United Arab Emirates recently experienced an unprecedented weather event as heavy rains and a storm struck the nation, sweeping its main city Dubai and leading to widespread disruption of essential services like traffic or air travel. "Dubai's sky turned green due to heavy rain and a supercell thunderstorm," said another. A green sky does …

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8 months ago

Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour

Associated Press

With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn’t really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab Emirates and paralyzed Dubai, meteorologists said. “It’s most certainly not cloud seeding,” said private meteorologist Ryan Maue, former chief scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Many of the people pointing to cloud seeding are …

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8 months ago

What caused the storm that led to Dubai floods? | Explained

The Hindu

A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. The "abnormal phenomenon" was not unexpected in April as when the season changes the pressure changes rapidly, she said, adding that climate change also likely contributed to the storm. Climate scientists say that …

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8 months ago

Dubai rain: What is cloud seeding and why does UAE need it? Explained

Hindustan Times

Heavy rainfall on Tuesday brought Dubai to a standstill. In a video shared by popular YouTuber Nas Daily last year, he gave people an insight into how this UAE city creates rain for itself. In the video, Nas Daily first explains how Dubai is a "very dry" city with less rain. Watch the video shared by Nas Daily here: According …

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8 months ago

Dubai Floods Due to Artificial Rain or Climate Change? What is UAE's Cloud Seeding Programme?

News 18

The desert city of Dubai was soaked in 25 cm of rain in just 24 hours. Climatologist Friederike Otto said it is highly likely that the “deadly and destructive rain in Oman and Dubai was made heavier by human-caused climate change,” as quoted by news agency AFP. The Gulf state’s National Center of Meteorology dispatched seeding planes from Al Ain …

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Delhi's toxic air crisis: Can 'cloud seeding' be the solution to hazardous pollution levels?

Artificial rain 'not feasible' option to combat Delhi air pollution crisis, says CPCB

Is artificial rain the answer to Delhi’s air crisis?

Delhi air pollution: Why has India failed to clean up its toxic smog?

OPINION | Artificial Rain in Delhi: Is it possible?

Delhi air pollution: AAP seeks Centre's nod for artificial rain, urges PM Modi to intervene as AQI remains 'severe plus'

Amid worsening Delhi pollution, minister Gopal Rai calls for cloud seeding to reduce AQI – all about artificial rain

What is cloud seeding? The science behind artificial rain that Delhi's air needs

Gopal Rai Proposes Cloud Seeding Plan to Combat Delhi's Air Pollution

Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on weather control conspiracy theory despite experts rubbishing ‘hurricane modification’

Artificial Rain To Fight Winter Air Pollution: Delhi Seeks Urgent Meeting With Centre to Evaluate Cloud Seeding

Relying on ‘rain god’ no solution: SC to Uttarakhand as forest fires rage

After devastating rainfall in UAE and Oman, experts urge integration of climate resilience in urban development plans

Cause and Effect | Deluge in Dubai highlights climate vulnerability and a lack of preparedness

Study says it’s likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier

NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite captures before and after pics of Dubai floods from space

Extreme Dubai rainfall linked to climate change, not cloud seeding: Scientists

Dubai floods: Flight delay, disruption continues; remote working, school closures extended till Aprill 19

Govt issues helpline numbers for Indians affected by extreme weather in Dubai, in touch with authorities

WATCH: Dubai's sky turns green after heavy rains and storms, netizens left puzzled

Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour

What caused the storm that led to Dubai floods? | Explained

Dubai rain: What is cloud seeding and why does UAE need it? Explained

Dubai Floods Due to Artificial Rain or Climate Change? What is UAE's Cloud Seeding Programme?