{"id":242262,"date":"2026-08-05T13:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/new-membrane-removes-more-than-99-99-of-oil-from-seawater-while-producing-fresh-water-using-sunlight"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T18:08:45","slug":"new-membrane-removes-more-than-99-99-of-oil-from-seawater-while-producing-fresh-water-using-sunlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/new-membrane-removes-more-than-99-99-of-oil-from-seawater-while-producing-fresh-water-using-sunlight","title":{"rendered":"New membrane removes more than 99.99% of oil from seawater while producing fresh water using sunlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-membrane-removes-more-than-99-99-of-oil-from-seawater-while-producing-fresh-water-using-sunlight.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As freshwater shortages intensify around the world, scientists are searching for technologies that can do more than simply desalinate seawater. One of the biggest challenges is treating oil-contaminated seawater, where conventional desalination systems often fail because oil clogs membranes, blocks water transport and reduces efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As freshwater shortages intensify around the world, scientists are searching for technologies that can do more than simply desalinate seawater. One of the biggest challenges is treating oil-contaminated seawater, where conventional desalination systems often fail because oil clogs membranes, blocks water transport and reduces efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}