Dr Aissa Derhem

Dr Aissa Derhem

Creating the world's largest fog-water harvesting and distribution system in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas.

Morocco
He’s Pulling Water Out of Thin Air in the Atlas Mountains
Climate & Earth - 18 January 2026He’s Pulling Water Out of Thin Air in the Atlas MountainsMathematician Dr Aissa Derhem turned a childhood memory of Moroccan mist into the world’s largest fog-harvesting system, bringing life to the edge of the Sahara.

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