Icebergs off the coast of the UAE are a reality.

A mountain of pure ice near the hot desert sands - for such a landmark in the UAE will come and more than one million tourists...

The climate in the UAE is one of the most arid on the planet. Annually, about 94.3 mm of precipitation falls here on average. Hydrologists predict that groundwater will dry up within the next 15 years. The state of the UAE will dry out and die of thirst in a maximum of 25 years. There is quite a lot of oil here, but no water sources at all,

At the same time, the UAE spends the most water per capita in the world (about 500 liters of water per day). The country uses desalinated sea water.

About 70 percent of all fresh water in the world is in the ice fields of Antarctica.

The Emirates entrepreneur and inventor is working on an ambitious project that involves towing a giant iceberg all the way from Antarctica to the Persian Gulf to provide fresh drinking water for the UAE.

Because of the arid climate, the United Arab Emirates has too many options when it comes to water sources. In fact, the Arab country is heavily dependent on desalinated water, which is not only expensive to produce, but also very harmful to the environment.

But businessman Abdullah Alchehi believes he may have found a much better, though unconventional alternative. For the last six years he has been working on a plan to tow an iceberg measuring 2 km by 500 m from Antarctica to the Arabian Gulf, the distance is 8851 km. The floating ice cover will not only provide drinking water to millions of people, but will also determine positive weather changes in the region.

"It will be cheaper to tow these icebergs and use them for fresh water than to desalinate them," says Alchehi Euronius. - Because desalination plants require huge investments.

And let us immediately answer your question: no, the iceberg will not melt even when it will walk 8000 km to the target and will be in much warmer water. First of all, nobody has cancelled the laws of physics and as long as the ice in the form of a solid array, it will be very difficult to melt it. It will have to be crushed. Secondly, most of the iceberg is hidden under water, thus already protected from the hot desert air. Third, the light surface reflects sunlight. Fourth, the most valuable cargo will be towed at the most accessible speed, and any tankers with oil will have to give way. As a result, losses will not exceed 30%, that is, about 30-40 million tons of fresh water will reach the UAE.

"It is expected that the iceberg will not only provide enough fresh water for millions of people in the UAE for up to five years, but will also cause much needed rain in the region, which will be of great benefit to agriculture. In addition, it may stimulate tourism, as visitors will want to take a "walk on the iceberg".

"The presence of icebergs can change weather conditions as they represent cold bodies and attract clouds that move along the Arabian Sea to its center," Abdullah Alchehi said. - That's why we expect more rainfall in the region.

The company believes even just transporting icebergs by water to the country's shores will contribute to significant climate change in the region, given the cooling capacity of the icy mountain for the surrounding air. As a result, its specialists expect that the countries of the region will be able to expect much more rainfall on their territory, and throughout the year.

Aisberg for the UAE project - an integral part of national plans to transform the desert in the country. It is assumed that the sands will be replaced by orchards and even the Khalifa River will appear - for this purpose it is planned to enclose the flow of Pakistan's rivers flowing into the Arabian Sea into pipes, and then through a pipeline that will be laid on the seabed, they will get into the UAE.

The ice shield of Antarctica is the largest on the planet and contains about 30 million cubic kilometers of frozen water. The average iceberg consists of about 76 billion liters of fresh water.

A trial run of the project will be carried out in 2020, with a smaller iceberg transported over a shorter distance by tugboat.

Because the UAE wants to make sure that the project is free of pitfalls, and you can start building the host infrastructure. And it threatens to become the place for the most grandiose weather experiment in history.

The fact is that instead of passive ice melting, Alchehi wants to use an iceberg as a source of cold. There are already projects on how to run air through it, so that the output turns out to be saturated with moisture and cold atmosphere. The air masses will be directed to the cities, where there will be condensation and fertile rain will spill. And if there is enough cold, it will snow - the UAE will get a unique attraction, a real magnet for tourists!