Comments on: The Fog Collectors: Harvesting Water From Thin Air http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Stacey http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-146129 Stacey Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:24:39 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-146129 Very well written. I gathered a lot of information for my science project. Thank you. :)

]]> By: Clever Little Schemes | Envirosaur http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-78825 Clever Little Schemes | Envirosaur Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:19:18 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-78825 [...] http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/ [...]

]]> By: Mary Seely http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-64448 Mary Seely Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:10:46 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-64448 I’m really sorry to see that the Australian scientists are using the erroneous recent article attributing the behaviour of the head-standing, fog-basking beetle Onymacris unguicularis (Nature 262(5566): 284-285, 1976) to Stenocara which does not display this behaviour. Although Nature refused to publish our rebuttal of the recent paper, the author did admit that he had not seen this behaviour in the field and had asked a student to collect beetles for him in a different habitat.

]]> By: Food Thermometer Holly http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-47711 Food Thermometer Holly Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:57:36 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-47711 Well Done Fog Quest!

I am actually very surprised that some areas receive less than one millimeter (about the thickness of a paper clip) of rain each year! That blew my mind away.

My partner is Chinese, So I will have to ask him if he knows anything about the Spider Silk study.

Thanks for those links Renee, those links were an Intereting read :)

Holly X

]]> By: Tyler Morgan http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-45435 Tyler Morgan Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:02:48 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-45435 Good to know. I just found out that it might cost upto $20,000 to put a well on my parcel. For the intirum, I will be trucking a 200 gallon water trailer up the hill, filled from a well on my bosses’ property up the road. Water will be tight, but using fog harvesters and rain collectors will help immensely in getting some garden water in.

]]> By: Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-21274 Renee Cho Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:37:15 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-21274 Dear Spyros,
 
Here are some links about technologies that can pull water out of the air:
 
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605091856.htm
http://www.aquasciences.com/
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/manufacture-water1.htm
 
There is also the technology used in Seawater Greenhouses which I wrote about in a previous blog:
 
http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/18/seawater-greenhouses-produce-tomatoes-in-the-desert/
 
I hope this helps.

-Renee Cho

]]> By: Spyros Vrettos http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-21262 Spyros Vrettos Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:01:07 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-21262 Dear Mme/Sir,
Watching the dramatic results of the great famine in Africa, I would appreciate if you could inform me about technologies allowing collection of water from the air (maybe in hours with some humidity like evening or night).
Your answer would be appreciated.
Spyros Vrettos

]]> By: 7LeagueBoots http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/07/the-fog-collectors-harvesting-water-from-thin-air/comment-page-1/#comment-16714 7LeagueBoots Mon, 30 May 2011 13:13:50 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12454#comment-16714 This was used in the Atacama desert in northern Chile. It provided all the water the town needed, but required more maintenance than the villagers were willing to put into it (the line tension is critical). They eventually switched back to trucked in water.

If the maintenance issue can be dealt with this would be great, until then laziness will always be a problem.

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