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Water the Chances
Water, water everywhere. But most of it is sea water - you can’t drink it. Discover the most promising technologies for desalination and why solar cells are key. Also, how astronauts filter “water-closet water” to drink it, and how to turn a salt pond back to a wetland.
Plus, from Roman aqueducts to modern-day pumps: a history of quenching human thirst. And, why NASA strives to “follow the water.”
Guests:
Brian Fagan - Anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind
John Bourgeois - Biologist and Executive Project Manager, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
Michael Meyer - Lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program
Farouk El-Baz - Geologist and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University
Michael Flynn - Principal investigator for NASA’s advanced life support branch, Ames Research Center
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Water, water everywhere. But most of it is sea water - you can’t drink it. Discover the most promising technologies for desalination and why solar cells are key. Also, how astronauts filter “water-closet water” to drink it, and how to turn a salt pond back to a wetland.
Plus, from Roman aqueducts to modern-day pumps: a history of quenching human thirst. And, why NASA strives to “follow the water.”
Guests:
Brian Fagan - Anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind
John Bourgeois - Biologist and Executive Project Manager, South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
Michael Meyer - Lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program
Farouk El-Baz - Geologist and Director of the Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University
Michael Flynn - Principal investigator for NASA’s advanced life support branch, Ames Research Center
Descripción en español
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