Scientists turn fog into fresh water with new tech, fuel hope for driest regions | Fog collectors could yield between 0.2 and 5 liters per square meter daily, with peak potential reaching 10 liters per square meter in optimal conditions.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2025.1537058/full
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Is this going to be another over-hyped dehumidifier, and how is it more useful for drawing moisture out of the air where there isn’t any?
Nothing new here. They are using standard fog collectors. The study is to evaluate the impact of fog collection in the Chilean desert.
And people wonder why America is doing a full audit of their books.
Some shyster most likely received a sizable grant to write this drivel …. your tax dollars at work
Sweet, time to set up shop as a moisture farmer! Anyone know where I can get some decent power converters for a reasonable price?
We also need to find some caverns to store the water collected by the windtraps
Love how every time one of these glorified dehumidifiers shows up they’re always like
“this thing is able to get a minuscule amount of water when placed into monsoon like conditions! This will be great for helping out in the desert!!!”
This is literally already possible with low tech options
I read “Scientists turn frog into fresh water” and was very confused
Where would all that water have ended up if not harvested?
What they’re not telling you is, you still have to go to Tashi station for power converters.
What does that fog do naturally? Are the plants dependent on it? Removing a natural feature might be a bad idea. I don’t know if fog does anything, but I would guess it probably does
Uh, the driest regions don’t have fog. That’s why they’re the driest regions.
Sounds like it might have major ecological impact if used at any significant scale.
awesome now we just have to ship fog to the places that need water