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Climate Change, Not Rain Shortage, Drives Severe Western Droughts

At the interface of water and air, light can, in certain conditions, bring about evaporation without the need for heat, according to an MIT study. Credits:Image: iStock

In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat

Scientists from Tsinghua University develop an integrated radiative and evaporation cooling technology by using an evaporative hydrogel and permeable radiative cooling layer to achieve cooling.

How evaporation and radiation can cool the world

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