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  • Desert beetles inspire research into harvesting moisture from fog

    Dec 2, 2019 12:00 pm by Cosmos MagazineIllinois in the News
    This way to water? Beetles cross the hot sand of the Namib Desert in Angola. FABIAN PLOCK / EYEEM, VIA GETTY IMAGES

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    • This way to water? Beetles cross the hot sand of the Namib Desert in Angola. FABIAN PLOCK / EYEEM, VIA GETTY IMAGES

    Cosmos (Dec. 2) Illinois grad student Fan Kiat Chan is studying desert beetles to advance fog harvesting, which may provide an additional freshwater source in foggy coastal areas with little precipitation.