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Bosstiality t1_j20eq79 wrote

I've not heard of atmospheric water harvesting before! I assume this is for safe drinking water or are there further reasons for harvesting atmospheric water? How does this affect environmental conditions, specifically for things like supercell generation in storm season?

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WaterScienceProf OP t1_j20il6k wrote

Yup, AWH provides extremely high quality drinking water. And unlike other water treatment methods, there is no waste stream! It's especially suitable for remote arid regions. The amounts of water removed would be negligible compared to atmospheric flows, but for context, removing water should weaken storms. More info about the work here: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2022/atmospheric-water-harvesting-can-we-get-water-out-of-thin-air

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