More information: Chad T. Wilson et al, Solar-driven atmospheric water harvesting in the Atacama Desert through physics-based optimization of a hygroscopic hydrogel device, Device (2025). DOI: 10. ...

Accessing clean drinking water is one of the key concerns in the face of increasing global water scarcity for far-flung and underserved communities. Founded in 2017 by Navkaran Singh Bagga in Kolkata, ...

Aquaria Technologies, a San Francisco-based company founded in 2022, is looking to provide affordable, clean drinking water for the masses by pulling it out of the air.

A new study, published in Nature, shows that the atmosphere's growing thirst for water is making droughts more severe, even in places where rainfall has stayed the same.The paper details how this ...

In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a few reasons may explain why.

John Muir once said, “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the ...

A scientist in Turkey has simulated eight PV-supported hybrid atmospheric water harvesting systems and compared their performances. They were all considered to operate with R1233zd(E), R1234yf, and ...

Solar-powered harvesters could produce clean water for one billion people. The tests in Saudi Arabia showed that the scaled-up system could produce 2–3 L/m 2 of freshwater per day during summer and ...

The 2022 study suggested the system has a theoretical maximum efficiency of just 0.07 kilowatt hours per gallon of water. In a more general sense, atmospheric water harvesting systems can be an ...

MIT engineers have created an atmospheric water harvester that can generate fresh water in any location, including extreme ...