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Seems even better than MOF-based approaches [0] The linked self-watering soil article [1] makes me wonder if the material could be used to reverse desertificat
by numtel 4y ago
Seems even better than MOF-based approaches [0]
The linked self-watering soil article [1] makes me wonder if the material could be used to reverse desertification.
[0] https://wahainc.com//smithsonian https://wahainc.com//smithsonian
[1] https://news.utexas.edu/2020/11/02/self-watering-soil-could-transform-farming/ https://news.utexas.edu/2020/11/02/self-watering-soil-could-...
- devit 4y agoIsn't this revolutionary for agricultural use? What's the catch?
- UncleEntity 4y ago> What's the catch? Wide scale harvesting of water from the air will change the local climate in unpredictable ways?
- LNSY 4y agoTBF, that's basically how our entire economy runs, so
- qayxc 4y agoOne catch might be that it hasn't been tested at scale. The results are extrapolations from lab testing in a controlled environment. There's quite a number of inventions and breakthroughs that looked great in the lab but never made it to real world applications. Remains to be seen if this approach can work in practice and at scale and what the real-world implications would be.