What if the answer to the world’s growing water crisis was hidden in the depths of the ocean? For decades, the idea of turning seawater into drinkable freshwater has been plagued by high costs, ...

Chris Stiedemann of Poseidon Water looks over the giant filters that remove microscopic impurities from the seawater. Photo by Chris Jennewein Elon Musk: lend me your ear. Now that you’ve tackled free ...

Plants that convert seawater to drinking water are at the heart of major cities in the Gulf. But they are increasingly ...

For decades, desalination has been pitched as the ultimate solution to water scarcity. With oceans covering more than seventy ...

In a new study titled published in Water & Ecology, a research team led by Kaijun Wang from Tsinghua University re-evaluated desalination through a holistic perspective— integrating production costs, ...

Rain clouds off the coast dump water over the ocean. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Some four miles off the coast, a company is betting it can solve one of ...

In many areas of the world, including California, the demand for freshwater exceeds supply, and the effects of climate change are exacerbating the issue. More frequent and longer periods of drought ...

The dream of hyper-abundant water can come true, soon. We are told that water scarcity in the arid American West is inevitable and that the great water projects of the past century were the product of ...

From Cape Town to Tehran to Lima to Phoenix, dozens of cities across the globe have recently experienced water shortages. In the next five years the world’s demand for fresh water could significantly ...

Explore the implications of the Gulf desalination plants war risk and its potential effects on water supply in the Persian ...

The city has spent billions of dollars to provide fresh water to its residents and tourist attractions, but experts say the efforts are straining the Persian Gulf’s natural resources. The Ain Dubai, ...

Elon Musk: lend me your ear. Now that you’ve tackled free speech, the national debt and are on your way to Mars, how about taking on two pressing problems on planet earth: rising sea levels and ...