DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — The arid desert landscape of Death Valley is not the obvious place to find water. Yet it's here, in one of the planet's hottest and driest places, that Massachusetts Institute ...

The air contains water. We call it humidity. Even in the desert, there is water in the air. Scientists have been working on ways to squeeze water out of the air to produce clean drinking water. They ...

Dr. Virginia Carter Gamberini, co-author of the study, said fog can serve as a complementary urban water supply where climate change exacerbates water shortage Getty Stock Images New study suggests ...

As the atmospheric water harvesting industry looks to scale up, it faces challenges, opportunities and ethical conundrums.

As of May 2025, nearly 99% of Florida is experiencing drought, making this one of the driest years since 2008, according to the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network. The signs are obvious: watering ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — As monsoon kicks off in Southern Arizona, it’s not just about staying dry — it's also a chance to save both water and money through rainwater harvesting. For local landscaper ...

Imagine getting fined for catching rain. Sounds absurd, right? Yet across the United States, particularly in arid Western regions, rainwater harvesting operates in a surprisingly complex legal gray ...

Stock photo of fog over a plain. As climate change continues to strain freshwater supplies around the world, scientists are looking upward — quite literally — for new solutions. According to a new ...

Reduces stormwater run-off to reduce water pollution and flash flooding. Instead of taking advantage of rainwater as a resource, most landscapes encourage it to leave the property as soon as possible.