‘Our biggest #challenge? Lack of #imagination’: the scientists turning the #desert #green
Van der #Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of “holistic engineers” with a plan to regreen the #Sinai #peninsula – the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to #Asia. Within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, #farming land, wild #flora and #fauna. A regreened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain, the Weather Makers believe – hence their name.
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