Facts about water on Earth
The Earth Institute at Columbia University provides some facts about water and food on Earth. Here are the facts presented by The Earth Institute.
- If accumulated, usage water in India, China, and the United States is one-third of the total water in the world.
- More than 90% of water use is for agriculture and plantations. However, only 16% of the land that has been irrigated from the many uses of water for agriculture.
- 16% of the irrigated land produces 36% of food.
- Extraction of groundwater has tripled in just five years. Groundwater consumption in China and India has increased tenfold since 1950.
- The use of groundwater is so great to contribute to sea level rise as much as 25% in recent years.
- According to research published in Climate Dynamics, groundwater use is also changing the local climate and accelerate global warming.
- According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in 2030 almost half of the human population that there will be shortage of water.
- Water crisis will threaten the survival of a power plant in the world. Water crisis caused by high demand will make the power plant is not functioning.
