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> It was always a stupid idea to have footballers running around in temperatures >100F

I assume they could probably get some strong evaporation cooling from the well-hydrated field, but I am not really familiar with that sort of extreme climate.



They are/were looking at making artificial robotic clouds.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/03/25/qatar.flying.saucers...

> plans to develop giant artificial remotely controlled "clouds" made up of high-tech materials that will be positioned between the blistering sun and the still-to-be-built football stadiums in the Gulf emirate.


You probably stumbled over this article about scientists @ Qatar University developing artificial clouds: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9435035.stm

edit: same as above post :)




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