Something we take for granted every day but cannot live without? Water. We need water every day for almost every thing we do. But do we pause to think about where water comes from and whether we need to protect this vital resource? Water makes up 71 per cent of the earth’s surface. This means we have a lot of water around us and have little to worry about, right? Nope. Much of this water is in oceans as salt water. Less than five per cent of water is freshwater found in lakes and rivers or is locked up in glaciers and the polar ice caps. With global warming, much of this precious fresh water resource is fast becoming scarce. Up to 90 per cent of our body weight comes from water. Up to 60% of the human adult body is, in fact, water. We can go without food for three weeks even. But we cannot survive three days without water. Even when we exhale, we lose water and more so in hot climatic conditions.
So what do we know about this precious resource that is intrinsically linked to the survival of the human race? And can we do something to make sure we have enough water for future generations?
Like all of us, you want to conserve water, see for example:
https://www.chrysalishigh.com/blog/teaching-water-conservation-10-ways-children-can-save-water/
You want to know more about climate change? See for example:
https://www.natgeokids.com/au/discover/geography/general-geography/what-is-climate-change/
