The desalination of seawater is perceived as one of the most viable processes to fulfill the
mounting demand for freshwater. Despite enormous economic, social, and health benefits …

Climate change is fundamentally altering marine and coastal ecosystems on a global scale.
While the effects of ocean warming and acidification on ecology and ecosystem functions …

Scleractinian corals are assumed to be stenohaline osmoconformers, although they are
frequently subjected to variations in seawater salinity due to precipitation, freshwater run‐off …

Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) is becoming an increasingly important source of potable
water in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide. Discharge of brine-effluent from desalination …

Abstract The Red Sea is a unique body of water, hosting some of the most productive and
diverse coral reefs. Human populations along coasts of the Red Sea were initially sparse …

Seawater desalination facilities continuously discharge hyper-saline brine into the coastal
environment which often flows as a concentrated plume over the seafloor, hence possibly …

Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination facilities produce freshwater and, at the
same time, discharge hypersaline brine that often includes various chemical additives such …

Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination discharge brine-waste as part of the
process with immediate (short-term) and chronic (long-term) impacts to marine coastal …

Many coral reefs are found in arid and semi-arid regions that often face severe water scarcity
and depend on seawater desalination for freshwater supply. Alongside freshwater …

Due to extremely high rates of evaporation and low precipitation in the Persian Gulf,
discharges from desalination plants (DPs) can lead to ecological stresses by increasing …