How Desalination Works (and 5 Reasons It’s Vital for Our Future)
Global water scarcity is something of a paradox. Water covers almost two-thirds of the planet’s surface, yet freshwater—the stuff we use for drinking, showering, and other vital purposes—is tremendously scarce.
A mere 3 percent of the earth’s water is fresh, but most of it is locked up in glaciers and ice caps or otherwise inaccessible. The remaining 97 percent is seawater, which is unfit for human consumption. But what if we could turn that salty ocean water into drinkable water? As strange as this might sound, it’s precisely what many governments and companies…
