A reckless experiment in Earth's atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to be flooded.
That was the story last week when more than a year's worth of rain fell in one day on the Arabian Peninsula, one of the driest regions in the world. Desert cities such as Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) suffered flooding that inundated highways and airport runways. 21 people were killed in the UAE and Oman.
The heavy rain on Tuesday, April 16, was initially attributed to 'cloud seeding': a method of stimulating precipitation by injecting clouds with small particles to which moisture can attach ...
