Ocean of truth

Monday, April 18, 2011 at 10:12PM
Admin in Environment, Life, blue planet ocean water h20 life

• 2 Hydrogen atoms and an Oxygen atom H2O
• 60% of our body’s weight and 75% of our brain is H20
• Same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean
• 70 to 80% of the oxygen we breath

• 70% of our planet is covered by salt water
• Water regulates the earth's temperature
• $21 trillion in ecosystem services each year
• Main source of protein for 1/4 of the world's population
• Less than 1% of the water supply on earth can be used for drinking
  
• 90% of the world's supply of fresh water is located in Antarctica
• Each day the sun evaporates a trillion tons of water
• 2 billion people on earth do not have a safe supply of water
• Americans use five times the amount of water that Europeans use
• 25,700 litres (6,800 gallons) of water is required to grow a day's food for a family of four

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Article originally appeared on Wishes4Life-The Place to Explore Dream Discover (http://blog.wishes4life.com/).