• Question: Will water on the Earth ever run out ?

    Asked by beep46can to Philip, Maxime, Amy Heather on 8 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by draw46can.
    • Photo: Philip Schuler

      Philip Schuler answered on 8 Nov 2019:

      Water per se – no, it won’t.
      Any elements that are in, above or below our grounds will stay somewhere, including oxygen and hydrogen, and water.
      But, easily accessible and clean water is getting less and less, but very much depending where in the world you are.

    • Photo: Amy Heather Fitzpatrick

      Amy Heather Fitzpatrick answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Water is an essential component of life for almost all living organisms on earth, so from bacteria to humans, plants to sloths, we all need a certain quantity and quality of water to survive. Clean, drinkable water may be harder to access with climate change and how we use water will change. However without water, earth would no longer exist in the way that we see and live in it now.

Comments

  • Photo: Ann

    Ann commented on :

    Hopefully not!!. Our fresh water that we depend on for drinking & cooking comes from rainfall. so as much I give out about how it rains all the time in Ireland we are very lucky to have such a big supply of fresh water in our lakes & rivers & under the ground. If temperatures were to increase & rainfall levels dropped then we might have to fix those leaking taps & pipes fairly quickly to conserve our fresh water supplies.