12∞ · Question 11.9.6
Is the world running out of fresh water?
In many places, yes. Underground reserves that took thousands of years to fill are being pumped far faster than rain replaces them, and some great rivers no longer reach the sea.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.9: The Wounded Earth
- In print
- Page 381
- ← 11.9.5 · Why does soil matter so much?
- 11.9.7 → · How much forest has been lost?
- All of Part 11
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