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Water: Our Thirsty
World
Current Issue
April 2010
By 2050, a third of the people
on Earth may lack a clean, secure source of water. Join National
Geographic in exploring the local stories and global trends that
define the world's water crisis. Learn about freshwater resources and
how they are used to feed, power, and sustain all life. See how the
forces of technology, climate, human nature, and policy create
challenges and drive solutions for a sustainable planet.
Freshwater
Crisis
By 2050 a third of
the people on Earth may lack a clean, secure source of water. Learn
more about challenges and solutions.
Tibetan
Plateau
Sometimes called
the Third Pole, the region is a lockbox of snow and glacial ice that
supplies fresh water to nearly a third of the world's people.
Parting the
Waters
The Jordan River
is now depleted by drought, pollution, and overuse. Could the fight to
save it forge a path toward peace?
Get the Salt
Out
There's no
shortage of water on the blue planet-just a shortage of fresh water.
New desalination technologies may help.
Silent
Streams
Freshwater animals
are vanishing faster than those on land or at sea. But
captive-breeding programs hold out hope.
The Last
Drop
We may not get all
the water we want. But we can have the water we need.
Behind the
Photos
National
Geographic
photographers traveled around the world to report for this special
water issue. Hear their stories and see their photos.
Visions of
Earth
Each
month,
National Geographic features breathtaking photographs in Visions of
Earth.
Highlights
How to
Help
Access to clean,
fresh water is a pressing problem around the world. These are a few of
the many groups that are trying to help.
Editor's
Note
Two percent of
fresh water is locked in snow and ice, leaving less than one percent
for us.
Our Thirsty
World
The Annenberg
Space for Photography presents an exhibit examining the precarious
state of the world's fresh water.