The United Nations estimates that 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water, and communities from California to ...

For a world covered in oceans, getting a drink of water on Planet Earth can be surprisingly tricky. Fresh water is hard to come by even on our water world, so much so that most sources are better ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and Penn State have taken a step toward developing a cost-effective desalination membrane that could provide clean water for drinking and irrigation.

A new desalination method produces drinking water from seawater without chemical additives. The solar-powered system uses specially engineered black metal to absorb sunlight. Its self-cleaning surface ...

Desalination is the process of converting seawater into potable water by removing salt and other minerals. Although rudimentary forms of desalination have been used since antiquity, only in the ...

U.S. Army Sergeant Kornelia Rachwal gives a young Pakistani girl a drink of water on the 19 October 2005 after the Kashmir Earthquake. Desalination is an important tool in disasters. After an attack ...

Did our AI summary help? As the war in West Asia threatens energy infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, analysts warn that water, not oil, may be the region’s most vulnerable resource. Hundreds of ...