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Did you know
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1. Only 3% of our planet’s water is drinkable. 97%
of it is salt water. More than half of the Earth’s
fresh water can be found frozen in the glaciers.
The rest is underground.
2. The water in our lakes, ponds, streams, rivers,
ponds and other surface water makes up 0.3% of
our fresh water resource.
3. 25% of the bottled water you buy is really
municipal tap water.
4. There is more water vapor in the atmosphere
than all the combined rivers on the planet.
5. The Niagara Falls process 750,000 gallons of
water every second!
6. More than 700 million people do not have access
to clean water and more than 2 billion have
sanitation problems.
7. 6 to 8 million people die annually from water-
borne diseases and disasters.
8. Agriculture uses up 70% of our global freshwater.
It goes up to 90% in fast developing countries.
9. We use 10 billion tons of water worldwide.
10. The Ozone Layer “Hole” which is 29 million
square kilometers, is expected to be fully healed
in the next 55 years. This is due to the worldwide
banning of chlorofluorocarbon and hydro
fluorocarbon.
11. In the last 170 years, we added 2.4 trillion tons of
Carbon Dioxide into our atmosphere. Half of
this was added in the last 35 to 50 years.
12. We have already destroyed 27% of our coral reefs
which is home to 25% of our marine life.
13. We have explored more of Space than our
terrestrial oceans.
14. If you go to the deepest part of our ocean, the
pressure can be compared to a human being
trying to hold 50 jumbo jets!
15. The Ice in Antarctica is as much as the water in
the Atlantic Ocean.
16. If the entire world’s Ice melted, our sea levels will
rise by 66 meters.
17. Our oceans have an average depth of 12,400 feet.
This means that most of the living things on our
planet live in total darkness.
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