Bill Nye plumbs for solar-powered desalination as the 'key'

Desalinating seawater has been hailed as the solution to addressing freshwater scarcity, but the technology has yet to be scaled.

Big Think, which bills itself as a “knowledge forum,” hosts a series, Tuesdays With Bill Nye, where viewers ask Nye questions about a range of popular topics. This Tuesday, Nye answered a question from a young girl in Minnesota who wanted to know if we can desalinate water for human consumption on a massive scale.

Read the EcoWatch story - “Bill Nye: Solar-Powered Desalination ‘Could Be Key to the Future’.”