Can We Make Ocean Water Drinkable -- and Should We? (Video) (image)

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We need water to survive -- and Earth is covered in it! Unfortunately, almost all of that water is salty. In this week's episode of Reactions, find out why getting fresh water from ocean water is a lot trickier than you might imagine: https://youtu.be/q16qpo99JEE.

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