Fog Harvesting Is Making It Possible To Get Water In One Of The Driest Places In The World: The Atacama Desert
One of the driest places in the world is Chile’s Atacama Desert. It receives less than a millimeter of rainfall […]
'Fog harvesting' could yield water for drinking and agriculture in the world's driest regions
With less annual rainfall than 1 mm per year, Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. The main water source of cities in the region are underground rock layers that contain water-filled pore spaces which last recharged between 17,
Fog harvesting could ease water shortages in the world’s driest places
Fog harvesting may provide a crucial water source for people living in some of the planet’s driest regions. By capturing moisture from passing fog, this technique gathers droplets and channels them into storage, potentially easing shortages for those who have little or no connection to traditional water infrastructures.
Even desert cities could pull drinking water from the air
Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.
Fog harvesting could provide water for arid cities
Capturing water from fog - on a large scale - could provide some of the driest cities in the world with drinking water. This is what researchers in Chile have concluded after studying the potential of fog harvesting in the desert city of Alto Hospicio in the north of the country.
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Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On Earth
Scientists have proposed an unlikely solution to water scarcity in one of the driest places on the planet: fog. By harvesting ...
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