Freshwater

ISSUES

Freshwater pollution

Soft water, unlike hard water and seawater, contains very little dissolved salt. It makes up 3% of the hydrosphere. Almost three quarters is polar ice, a little less than a quarter is underground water and a minute part is superficial water. In the end, only about 0.01% of soft water on Earth is directly usable. Water circulates continuously between the different reservoirs (seas and oceans, continental superficial and underground waters, atmosphere and biosphere). Thus, even if stocks are not limitless, some are always being renewed. If we give it enough time, water is a completely renewable resource.

NEWS

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NETHERLANDS - LA HAYE - La ville d'Amsterdam doit être poursuivie en justice pour s'être "débarrassée" des déchets toxiques du cargo...

FRANCE - BREST - Des associations de défense de l'environnement du Finistère ont déposé mardi une nouvelle plainte contre X au...

De plus en plus de tanneries situées le long du Gange ferment depuis une décision de justice de 2008.

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FOCUS

-La pollution des océans

When we think of the seas being polluted, what we tend to picture are oil spills. Even today, oil tankers are still responsible for an average of some twenty spills a year—and some of these have been so massive...

VIDEOS

08/02/2010	La nature se souvient des pollutions qu'on lui a laissé. Retour à...	08/02/2010	Sortie prévue le 10 février, voici le trailer d'un film qui enquête sur...
08/01/2010	Face à la prolifération des algues vertes en Bretagne, des agriculteurs...	06/11/2009	Entre 3000 et 4000 chercheurs d'or travaillent illégalement en Guyane...

GREEN TIPS

Wastewater quenching thirst in Israel

In Israel, water is a vital issue. Farming is the sector which uses the most water in this country which is...

INDICATORS

Biocapacity
Ecological footprint

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