Australian researchers find simple, cost-effective desalination method
Voice of America
FILE - A man carries plastic jugs of water during a drought in Spain, Jan 31, 2024. Australian researchers say they have found a new way to remove salt from seawater using heat, which could help combat global water shortages.
Australian researchers say a simpler and cheaper method to remove salt from seawater using heat could help combat what they call “unprecedented global water shortages." The desalination of seawater is a process where salt and impurities are removed to produce drinking water.
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