Mark Newton

Irrigation from thin air

A super-absorbent gel could help the world's drought-hit farmers

Posted on 06 Jun, 2021 07:44 PM

A new development from a US university - a gel that can absorb water from humidity in the air, before releasing it back into the soil - could help farmers struggling to cope with the effects of drought.

The water-absorbing gel has performed well under lab conditions. (Image: IWMI Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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