Inspired by one of my reader's comments yesterday, I've done a little research and discovered a number of interesting facts about the world's freshwater. For starters, only 2.5% of the total water on earth is freshwater. Of that small percentage, 60% is trapped in glaciers and ice caps, 10% is found in surface waters (lakes and rivers), …
Tag: population growth
Child Survival is the New Brake
One of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the decades to come is dealing with population growth. The statistics are astonishing. Every second 5 people are born and 2 die, a net gain of 3 people every second. At this rate, the world population will double every forty years and will be 12 billion in …
Gregory Hake 