Why don’t we get our drinking water from the ocean? - Manish Kumar
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Humans have been transforming seawater into potable freshwater for millennia. Today, billions of people can’t access clean drinking water, and 87 different countries are projected to be “water-scarce” by 2050. So, how can we use seawater desalination to combat water scarcity? And can we do it without further harming the environment? Manish Kumar digs into how scientists are creating freshwater.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Manish Kumar
- Director Vitalii Nebelskyi, and action creative agency
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Storyboard Artist Julia Shvyriova
- Animator Julia Shvyriova
- Art Director Olya Kapys
- Composer Stephen LaRosa
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Produced by Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Editorial Producer Cella Wright
- Script Editor Max G. Levy
- Fact-Checker Charles Wallace
- Special Thanks Sierra Kumar, Arun Kumar
