FRESHWATER STRICTLY LIMITED

FRESH WATER JUST 2,5% OF ALL WATER

Abundant water exists on our planet,

• 97.5 % is salt water in the oceans.
• freshwater just 2.5 %!

All terrestrial life including the human species is depending on fresh water.

Fresh water makes up  a small proportion of that is available for human beings and other terrestrial life.

ACCESSIBILITY OF FRESH WATER  

Stored Freshwater

• 68.7 % of freshwater is bound up in glaciers and
• 0.8   % in permafrost

Available fresh water 30,5%

• freshwater lakes make up 67.5 %,
• soil moisture 12.0 %,
• water vapour in the atmosphere 9.5 %,
• wetlands 8.5 %,
• rivers 1.5 %
• vegetation 1.0 %

FRESH WATER OR HOW TO FEED 10 BILLION PEOPLE BY 2050 IN A WARMING WORLD?

The global shortage of the fresh water in the nearby future is eminent and and has become  already a social and humanist disaster. Periodical droughts in the main foods producing regions are causing severe economic and environmental impacts. Eventually leading to aggravation of national and international conflicts.

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A disturbing representation of the availability of freshwater in a steadily warming world.