![]() ![]() Pictures by StevanZZ 17 / 405 Infinity symbol sky Picture by knorre 6 / 497 Idyllic abstract background - horizon line between calm sea and clear blue sky Stock Photography by Dinga 19 / 568 Canola Road Stock Images by kwest19 252 / 6,845 Endless blue universe. Landscape in Valensole plateau, Provence, France, Europe. Stock Photo by indigolotos 0 / 10 Lavender flower blooming scented fields in endless rows and a blue cloud sky. Still, the settling of claims and conflicts over “stolen” rain will be a new and problematic form of dispute for the world particularly if the summers are likely to remain as hot as this one.Sky Stock Photo by LianeM 24 / 868 Sky panorama Stock Photography by Icefront 4 / 109 Endless Sky Stock Photographs by pahham 0 / 14 Canola Road Sunset Stock Image by kwest19 108 / 2,833 asphalt road under sunset with clouds Picture by mycola 39 / 604 Gigantic Coffee Cup Tower Stock Image by thesupe87 18 / 462 Endless Sky Picture by mscornelius 0 / 5 Grass fields and blue sky Stock Images by lightkeeper 3 / 110 Deep Space banner background Stock Photos by Nikki24 10 / 116 Endless sky clouds on sunset. ![]() A four decades-old UN convention bans “ hostile use of environmental modification techniques,” for what that is worth, and international outcry is likely should a country seek to inflict an endless dry season upon their opponents. If controlling the weather is a luxury of the powerful and wealthy, water access may become a tool of pressure or a trigger of conflict. The geopolitical implications would become more troubling as calls for restitution are likely to escalate. The jurisdiction over not yet fallen rain “resources” will be tricky, with no applicable international law regulating the issue directly. If cloud seeding becomes more mainstream, it is easy to imagine the Iranian regime (or other authoritarians) using weather modification as a weapon against internal and external opposition, or blaming a neighbors’ seeding efforts as the source of domestic weather woes.Ī hot or thirsty country triggering rainfall to the detriment of their neighbors is arguably taking what’s not theirs. On the other end of the Persian Gulf from the UAE, the heat has triggered a severe drought in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan region, with the government violently repressing desperate protesters. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images ![]() Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish the project, Ethiopian negotiators remain locked in talks over how the dam will affect downstream neighbours, principally Egypt. ![]() Across Ethiopia, poor farmers and rich businessmen alike eagerly await the more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity officials say it will ultimately provide. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa. A general view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba. ![]()
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