Annika Hammerschlag

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  • A view of a desalination plant in the Omani port city of Sur, south of the capital Muscat, on November 27, 2019. – In Sur, water for residents and businesses comes from a large desalination plant along the coast, improving the quality of life for some 600,000 people. But these benefits do not come without a cost, particularly as global temperatures rise with the United Nations saying that 2019 is on course to be one of the hottest three years on record. (Photo by Sultan al-Hasani / AFP) (Photo by SULTAN AL-HASANI/AFP via Getty Images)Energy

    The Persian Gulf’s ‘saltwater kingdoms’ rely so much on desalination that damage to the infrastructure could force evacuations

    By Annika Hammerschlag and The Associated Press