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An End to Water Wars? This Device Sucks Water Out of Thin Air

New technologies and devices that mimic nature are sucking water out of thin air solving in part the water crisis and conflicts over water.

An End to Water Wars? This Device Sucks Water Out of Thin Air

[DIGEST: NatGeo, AmerRiver, WHO, ScienceAlert, EurekAlert, Science, Forbes, EScience]

In an increasingly dry world, water engineers are looking at a variety of ways to provide essential water. Their work includes desalinization or taking the salt out of sea water to make it useable. However, lakes, rivers, and the smaller ponds and streams make up only two percent of Earth's water resources, and only one percent remains drinkable.

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