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World Water Day Slideshow: Everything You Need to Know About H2O
This year marks the 19th annual World Water Day, created by the United Nations as an international day to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Each year, World Wate
Some facts and figures from the UN-Water about Water and Cities.
Yes, the Earth might appear to be mostly covered in water, but of global water volume, only 2.5 percent is freshwater, and of that tiny sliver, only 0.3 percent flows in the form of lakes, rivers, and streams.
Joseph Bergen and Nickie Huang, both students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, created this truly amazing interactive data visual
Here again is Joseph Bergen and Nickie Huang's interactive data visualization, this time focusing on products. Here's the water needed to produce a typical cup of coffee versus a ty
Speaking of coffee and tea, here's an interesting way to think about those commodities as imports. The Water Footprint Network considers the "virtual water import" to a
For Visualization.org's World Water Day Visualization Challenge, designer Kisha Munson created this simple, clear look at the water footprint for the produ
"We use, eat, trade water," writes Angela Morelli, creator of the
Finally, Water.org is a water charity that we trust and respect. Today, because of a sweet little deal they've got on Groupon right now, you've got a
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