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To fight against global warming, some countries like Chile are implementing technical processes when water is becoming a rare commodity.
Some countries rain artificially. This is cloud seeding. We are going to sow chemicals like salt crystals in the clouds to load them even more with water and cause the condensation of water vapour. This technique is used especially in hot countries such as the United Arab Emirates. However, there is currently no scientific evidence that this process works. It is impossible to determine if the rains caused are entirely due to this system.
In addition, these products could be dangerous and have an impact on biodiversity. The United Nations University offers less polluting, more environmentally friendly and effective techniques for recovering water. In Chile, in the Atacama Desert, well-placed nets make it possible to recover the humidity contained in the fog to transform it into water. An ancestral technique. Another method: towing icebergs, particularly in Greenland.
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