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The Earth Is Drying Out and We Need to Act Urgently

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The Earth Is Drying Out and We Need to Act Urgently

www.bloomberg.com

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 25 days ago

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Three-quarters of the global population, or about 6 billion people, live in areas where fresh water has dwindled since 2002.

By drying, they’re talking about freshwater, not losing water in the aggregate

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Fossil fuel fracking using fresh water doesn’t help, either…

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