From desert soils to Red Sea waters, KAUST scientists are unlocking nature-based solutions to some of Saudi Arabia’s biggest environmental challenges — transforming waste into fertile soil, harnessing microbial life to restore arid lands, and cultivating algae in hypersaline waters — all in a bold push toward food security and climate resilience. 

Using different approaches and focusing on diverse themes, the research supports Saudi Arabia in achieving its goals of food security and combatting desertification.   

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