Unlimited Fresh Water: Can MITs Breakthrough Save Us?

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This video is an exploration into a resent rabbit hole I went down. I read about MIT's new desalination breakthrough on Reddit, and needed to learn more! The topic of desalination is an important one that is only becoming more critical and could be a lifeline for huge area of the world. As well as looking at the breakthrough, this video also touches on classical methods (multi-stage distillation and reverse osmosis) and a case study of where this could be used, Kiribati.

Credits:
Producer: Ryan Hughes
Research: Sian Buckley and Ryan Hughes
Video Editing: @aniokukade and Ryan Hughes
Music: Joris Šimaitis

/// Key Sources ///
Breakthrough:
https://news.mit.edu/2023/desalination-system-could-produce-freshwater-cheaper-0927
https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(23)00360-4
Kiribati Lenses:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169417301269
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277212668_Freshwater_Lens_Settlement_Patterns_Resource_Use_and_Connectivity_in_the_Marshall_Islands
IPCC Report:
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/water
Salt Water Brine Issues:
Jones et al. The state of desalination and brine production: A global outlook

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Standard Desalination
2:56 Case Study
6:20 Problems to Solve
8:49 MIT System (Inspiration)
10:10 MIT System (Operation)

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