What events in the climate change crisis might cause the population to pay attention? A growing number of individuals are pointing to drinking water. Global warming is having a dramatic impact on potable water around the world. Rising sea levels are causing salt water to contaminate many low lying and coastal areas. Melting snow caps are depleting traditional fresh water reserves.
Protesters at the UN climate conference are demanding action. Even NOAA is saying, “Providing sufficient safe water to populations at highest need is a broad challenging research problem; it is also a human problem worthy of our collective effort.”
How Long Can You Go Without Drinking Water?
What events in the climate change crisis might cause the population to pay attention? A growing number of individuals are pointing to drinking water. Global warming is having a dramatic impact on potable water around the world. Rising sea levels are causing salt water to contaminate many low lying and coastal areas. Melting snow caps are depleting traditional fresh water reserves.
Protesters at the UN climate conference are demanding action. Even NOAA is saying, “Providing sufficient safe water to populations at highest need is a broad challenging research problem; it is also a human problem worthy of our collective effort.”
Read more about the drinking water crisis.