Ahmad al-Jaberi, a pilot at the National Center of Meteorology, lands from a flight during which he seeded clouds, at Al Ain airport, United Arab Emirates on Oct. 15, 2025. (Credit: Sophie Guignon/L'Orient Today)
Ahmad al-Jaberi has been pacing the tarmac at Al Ain airport, east of Abu Dhabi, for nearly six hours. During this long wait, the pilot checks the sodium cartridges attached to the plane's wings in case a cloud seeding mission is launched, though he doesn’t really believe it will happen."Look at this sky, it's clear," he says, raising his arms under the blazing desert sun. On this autumn day, temperatures in the United Arab Emirates are still close to 40 degrees Celsius. Not a single cumulus cloud appears on the radars scanning the country. Then, suddenly, at around 4 p.m., huge white masses from Oman cross over the mountain range along the border. Also in the UAE In Abu Dhabi’s makeshift humanitarian city, life for Gaza evacuees on hold The radio in Ahmad's pocket starts buzzing. One hundred twenty kilometers...
Ahmad al-Jaberi has been pacing the tarmac at Al Ain airport, east of Abu Dhabi, for nearly six hours. During this long wait, the pilot checks the sodium cartridges attached to the plane's wings in case a cloud seeding mission is launched, though he doesn’t really believe it will happen."Look at this sky, it's clear," he says, raising his arms under the blazing desert sun. On this autumn day, temperatures in the United Arab Emirates are still close to 40 degrees Celsius. Not a single cumulus cloud appears on the radars scanning the country. Then, suddenly, at around 4 p.m., huge white masses from Oman cross over the mountain range along the border. Also in the UAE In Abu Dhabi’s makeshift humanitarian city, life for Gaza evacuees on hold The radio in Ahmad's pocket starts buzzing. One hundred twenty...
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