Aestuarium

Droughts and water shortages are becoming more frequent due to climate change. Building on earlier efforts, our team has designed a novel method of water desalination to solve the ongoing challenge of water scarcity. Current desalination systems use fossil fuels, an expensive process that emits greenhouse gases. Our strategy is to create an energy-efficient solution. We accomplish this by bio-engineering bacteria to absorb salt from their surrounding liquid, on command.