Summoning the Rain to Fight Fire
Both land clearing by burning and the dryness caused by a prolonged drought, are triggering wildfire that has proven difficult to quell. Artificial rain is a way to placate the haze and fire.
Gabriel Wahyu Titiyoga
September 23, 2019
AS much as 2,400 kilograms of sodium chloride (NaCl) has been distributed along the fivr-kilometer stretch of cumulus clouds above Kalimantan. The efforts of the Weather Modification Technology team in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, to create rain over the last two weeks have yielded results. On Friday, September 20, heavy rain poured down on Palangka Raya and Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan, as well as Martapura, South Kalimantan, f
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