How Precious is Our Water?


If you took all the water in our oceans, seas, ice caps, lakes and rivers as well as groundwater,the water in the air, and even the water inside you and every other animal and plant on Earth how much water would there be exactly? Well this diagram from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, perfectly depicts just how little water there actually is. Never has water seemed so precious!

The diagram below shows us the amount of fresh-water their is available to us (It’s the very tiny blue ball on the right!):

Read more at USGS & Gizmodo

How you can help:

Save Our Seas Foundation

How can I save water?

The Environment Agency: What you can do

www.wateruseitwisely.com: 100 Ways to Conserve