14 May 2012
The World’s Water- An amazing image.
Posted by Dan Satterfield
This image courtesy of the USGS:
Some interesting facts I looked up regarding water:
Virtually all of that blue blob is salt water and not drinkable. Only 2.5% of that blue marble of water s fresh and 70% of that 2.5% is frozen ice in Greenland, Antarctica, or on high mountaintops. Only .007% of Earth’s water is easily accessible for humans, a fact that I made much of when taught two semesters of Environmental Science.
Without doubt, drinking water will be the story of the next century. Want some more surprising facts- go here.
[…] the world's water. And only 2.5% of it is fresh, and 70% of that is frozen into the world's ice. The World's Water- An amazing image. – Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal – AGU Blogosphere Human Appropriation of the World's Fresh Water Supply "A wise man proportions his […]
Rats! You turned me on to this blog and I spent the last two hours skimming through them. Now I gotta get me a fancy rain gauge and a whosiwhatzits and a thingmajig to go along with all the other stuffs.
Eye opening facts about the future of our drinking water!