Desert

Hungary’s Famous Thermal Baths Are Saving the Country’s Famous Grasslands from Desertification

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Hungary’s Famous Thermal Baths Are Saving the Country’s Famous Grasslands from Desertification

Wells in the Hortobágy National Park Puszta, with a stable – credit Self2 CC 2.0., via Wikimedia Drought is affecting the Great Hungarian Plain like never before, but a team of concerned citizens have hatched a clever plan to address it in the short term. It’s arguable what the Eastern European country is more famous … Read more

Ultrasonic Device Dramatically Speeds Harvesting of Water from the Air – Drinkable in Minutes Instead of Hours

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Ultrasonic Device Dramatically Speeds Harvesting of Water from the Air – Drinkable in Minutes Instead of Hours

Device uses ultrasonic waves to harvest water 45x faster – Credit: Ikra Iftekhar / MIT (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) Even in desert conditions, there exists some level of humidity that, with the right material, can be soaked up and squeezed out to produce clean drinking water. In recent years, scientists have developed a host of promising … Read more