Why Care About Water? | National Geographic

There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there was when the dinosaurs roamed. And just less than one percent of the planet's water is available to meet the daily drinking water, sanitation and food needs of nearly 7 billion people and millions of other species. Learn more about water in all its forms and how you can make a difference.

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[commanderpondscc-]

Anyone elses teacher making them watch this



Edit: Who knew how much a sleep deprived kid In Australia could take over this comment section.

[wildtaco]

My teacher is making me watch this for class

[rapidrainy]

Ways to gain water:
- Recycle our used water
- Purify other natural water sources
- Synthesize water
- Use only a little of it (seemingly ineffective in the long term)

We need more scientists who try to improve the world instead of businessmen who damage it for the sake of profit.

[tic-tacproductions]

look at all these decade year old comments

[VCL]

Why can't we just invent a super filter to filter the salty water?

[smar]

I like the message this video sends! I just wish politicians would do something about this so the word would spread.

[Malacha]

i dont understand, and im not being rude, but where does the water go after it is "used"? it cannot be destroyed, nor can it leave the earth. how is it that we can run out of a resource that is constantly recycled?

[Cozzi]

I also agree, we take so many things for granted hopefully there will be a wakeup call soon which will teach us that we must rest our place within the world not manipulate it.

[PreachyMax]

the water cycle is magnificent, rivers and lakes are calming

[mariellajuhuri]

I'm here to answer my earth science subject
Who's with me?

[promemegod]

Why can’t we just make a 2 by 2 area then we have infinite water just like in Minecraft

[lomvoey]

conserve, and only use what is necessary for life.

[PeterDuke]

Where are the citations on this piece, or are students assumed to just swallow it whole because of the little yellow rectangle?

[calabrais]

There's a reason for that. Most light rains won't saturate the soil enough to reach the roots of the grass. That's why in the summer its a good idea to water while it's raining. It also won't evaporate as fast as if it was sunny.

[qqwangxin]

In 5 province of China we are now already experiencing terrible droughts, water is now considered as a rising social issue which causes unstablity .

[SubSandwichOG]

Thats sad. Really sad with no water :(

[ompachaiyammantravels]

I love national geographic channel...😘😘😘😘

[wolftaco]

and here is my parents buying a pressure hose to clean there patio -_-

[galanie]

I'm amazed that the same scientists that tell us the glaciers in the arctic and antarctic are melting now tell us that there is less water available.

I know that the local supply is the problem, yet this is what it seems they are telling us.

[gem]

1.) get a cup of salty water.
2.) but it under the sun
3.) put a piece of glass over it slanted towards another cup
wait.
4.) collect water that no longer has salt and is good to drink :D