make rainfallUAE to test cloud-busting drones to boost rainfallThe country does, though, "have plenty of clouds", so the plan is to persuade the water droplets in them to merge and stick together, "like dry hair to a comb" when it meets static electricity, he said.https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56428984?utm_source=tldrnewsletterDubai is coping with its 125-degree heat by using laser-beam-shooting drones to shock rainwater out of cloudsDubai is making it rain with drones that shoot laser beams into clouds to prompt rainfall. This works like a cattle prod for clouds, forcing small water droplets together to create big ones. Dubai gets 4 inches of rainfall per year and saw temperatures shoot up to 125 degrees in June.https://www.insider.com/dubai-laser-beam-shooting-drones-shock-rain-from-the-sky-2021-7