Thirsty
When we think of Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot and Sir David Attenborough’s Blue Planet, we are conjuring up images of our beautiful watery home. But the impression that water is abundant on Earth is misleading. If all the world’s water were gathered into a sphere, it would be 11% the size of the Earth; fresh water would be 2% – and since 1900, freshwater withdrawals have increased six-fold. Already, the WRI estimates a quarter of the world’s population face extremely high levels of water stress, and MIT research predicts this may rise to 50% by 2050. Let’s get water-wise.
— Wayne Visser
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