Are We Running Out Of Drinking Water?

You may have heard that the climate crisis is causing sea levels to rise and flooding like we’ve never seen before. But the biggest water problem brought on by climate change is not having enough to drink. Climate scientist Dr. Katharine Hayhoe explains how global warming is depleting several different sources of potable freshwater.

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This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets that aims to strengthen coverage of the climate crisis.

[hanhvu]

this make me feel quite angry and hopeless because i can't do anything

[zacharyzapata]

Small detail: Around 1% of the world's water is drinkable. - Okay, so how can we sustainably turn that 1 percent, into 2 percent? And then maybe to 5%?

[rdtigr]

I've watched almost every body of water around me shrink into nothing over the years. It's so brutal. Seeing people in the comments that "don't buy it 🤷‍♀️" need to go outside into nature to witness it for themselves or maybe one day turn on their faucets and only get air before they would "buy it".

[KatsCorner]

I honestly think this is it. People are not willing to make changes. They waste so much water. My sister has ten showers a day and then preaches environmentalism.

[mustafagohar]

NO WATER, NO LIFE, NO BLUE, NO GREEN

[jlshoem]

Over population is only briefly mentioned, and yet that is the cause of losing our water supply. Everyone wants to address the symptoms of a problem, but never the cause.

[psyspiritualguy]

We could have created a beautiful world together where we shared and treasured resources. Economic growth is another word for ecological drainage

[this-is-slammin-]

“But for the most part, you have many states where they have so much water that it comes down—it’s called rain—that they don’t know, they don’t know what to do with it.”
Donald Trump

[leehuff]

No flood, what? Sure there is. It's wild how the glaciers are all growing again. Pretty cool

[ViktoriousDead]

There’s this thing called the ocean and there’s something called

[christina]

stop wasting water-stop animal agriculture

[hanhvu]

can you make videos about how to solve these issues ?

[Bread]

It makes me angry because my brother waste a lot of water showering for 2 hours with his girlfriend he almost stayed there for 5 hours I’m gonna do something

[unique]

Who is she again her name want to look her up thanks??

[LandonHarris]

I don't think this lady's ever been to a school

[lovenangels]

You are Noble to Produce this Video. Please Make More.