Just add seawater

• Autores: Fred Pearce
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2918, 2013, págs. 44-47
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Pearce discovers how to turn a desert into a fertile oasis using seawater and sunshine. The most remarkable thing about this little island of glass and greenery is that there is no external supply of either water or electricity--the plants are kept cool and watered using only sunlight and seawater. Some see this pilot project as the first step towards turning hundreds of square kilometers of parched coastal desert into fertile farms. The head of the project, Norwegian biologist Joakim Hauge, has an even bigger dream. He wants to do nothing less than revegetate the desert. The heart of this prototype is the greenhouse. Worldwide, greenhouses are an ever more popular way to grow high-value vegetables and flowers.