Today’s Dearth Fact

Image:NASA More than half of the world’s estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in tropical rainforests. One-fifth of the world’s fresh water moves through the Amazon basin.

Today’s Dearth Fact

Image: NASA More than 250,000 children under the age of five die each year from diarrhea.

Today’s Dearth Fact

Photo: NASA Today’s Dearth Fact Courtesy of The Info Project The world’s coastal wetlands are disappearing. Around the world, about 182,000 square kilometers of mangrove wetlands provide a habitat for over 2,000 species of fish, shellfish, invertebrates, and plants. In the past century over half the world’s original mangrove area has been destroyed or degraded, [...]

Today’s Dearth Fact

Earth/Courtesy of NASA Fact Found at Dot Earth at The New York Times By 2050 or so, the world population is expected to reach nine billion, essentially adding two Chinas to the number of people alive today. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are [...]

Today’s Dearth Fact

Image: NASA Today’s Dearth Fact Courtesy of Business Week. Today’s water fact ~Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.

Today’s Dearth Facts

Source: Water Partners International. Copyright © WaterPartners International 2009 Facts about water, water crisis, drinking water, sanitation, and water-related disease. Download a PDF verson. The Global Water Crisis 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease. (11) 43% of water-related deaths are due to diarrhea. (11) 84% of water-related deaths are in children ages 0 - 14. (11) [...]