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over 97% of the earth’s water is not drinkable
fresh water accounts for 2.53% of all available water on earth of which 2/3 is frozen
756 million people do not have ready access to water globally
average water consumption in Las Vegas is 1150 liters per household per day
arctic ice has declined by 4.53% per decade and summer ice has declined by 13.73% per decade beginning in the 1990s
the global ice pack is receding at 475 cubic kilometers per year
the ocean has been rising 3.5 millimeters per year since the 1990s (due to thermal expansion and land based ice melts)
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