Frontiers

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Frontiers is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

“Fog harvesting” could yield water for drinking and agriculture in the world’s driest regions

With less annual rainfall than 1 mm per year, Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. The main water source of cities in the region are underground rock layers that contain water-filled pore spaces which last recharged between 17,000 and 10,000 years ago. Now, local researchers have assessed if "fog […]

Frontiers · 20 Feb 2025

6 Mar 2024

New ‘digital twin’ Earth could help predict water-based natural disasters before they strike

The Digital Twin Earth Hydrology Platform, a ground-breaking step toward a virtual replica of the terrestrial water cycle, combines new high-resolution satellite observations and cutting-edge modeling to build a test environment for our planet. As the climate crisis unfolds and human impacts on the water cycle increase, the exceptionally detailed and complex modeling — incorporated […]