Watch MIT's Amazing Fog Harvesters Produce Fresh Water in the Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert on the coast of Chile is home to one of the driest regions on Earth. Researchers at MIT's School of Engineering, along with colleagues at the Pontifical University of Chile in Santiago, are attacking the problem with some pretty unconventional means. By deploying a system of mesh structures, erected on high ground consistently cloaked in fog, they have been able to collect fog and convert it into potable drinking water that can also be used for agriculture.
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