Water Shortages to Impact Over 30% of the World's Population
Thursday, 28 March 2024 Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants, but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades. According to UN figures, global water stress, i.e. the proportion of water withdrawn for use in industry, agriculture or private households in relation to available water, was manageable at 18.2% in 2020. In 2022, however, 2.4 billion people were living in areas that are exposed to extreme water stress in some cases. It is not possible to determine exactly how high this will be by 2050 due to…
As many as 2.2 billion people still live without access to safe drinking water and 3.5 billion lack access to decent sanitation, according to a new United Nations report published on World Water Day.The UN report “Water for prosperity and peace” highlights that tensions over water are...
Murky Waters of Flint (2015) For 50 years the authorities of Flint in Michigan, US had bought the city’s water from a trusted source. In 2014 however, the corporation switched to a cheaper water..
(Note: You guys know what I think of C21. Some of his intel is correct or reasonable, but he takes it from other sources. Problem is, he keeps contradicting himself with new info not matching or..
This Is How Our Brains Know , the Amount of Water We Need When We’re Thirsty.
When we're thirsty, we drink, right?.
A recent study says it
might not be that simple.
The study, published in the..
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