Where is all the water going?

[HappyPeach]

If there's so much water scarcity around the world, where is all the water going? Presumably we're a closed system so it isn't just disappearing. Is it all going in the ocean?

‘Agriculture consumes more water than any other source and wastes much of that through inefficiencies. Climate change is altering patterns of weather and water around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others. At the current consumption rate, this situation will only get worse’
www.worldwildlife.org/threats/water-scarcity

Thank vegans and their plant based demands.

Regenerative agriculture can save the environment.

Access to clean freshwater is often the issue; a lot of water is polluted.

Climate change, industrial use of water, over population. All changing the production and availability of water.

Pakistan?

Warm air can hold more water than cold, so where there is a source of water (like the sea/lakes etc) there is more water in the air and a bigger risk of summer downpours that cause flash flooding.

Water is being extracted from the ground quicker than it can sink in in many parts of the world lowering the water table and drying out wetlands. Water is being polluted by sewerage and chemicals that we have been dumping to dilute the impact for generations.

There are more people in the world using more water than ever before, so demand for clean water is higher than it's ever been. It takes time to treat water and move it to where people need it.

It is a closed system but the split of fresh water and sea water and polluted water isn't fixed.

Vegans.

This! Don't even get me started on all the pesticides that are sprayed on the crops killing insects and small animals as well!

@HappyPeach have you not been following the news? Google Pakistan floods.
Also, see this wikipedia page on sea level rise: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise

Since 1950, the world population has gone from 2 billion to over 7 billion. That's a lot of water required. Climate change is altering weather patterns and snow melt. Industry is water hungry.

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Snow falling and settling as ice/glaciers is slow release. Normal rainfall soaks into the ground. We now have droughts and then flash flooding that runs (in effect) straight out into the sea. Same amount of water raining probably, just not how we used to be lucky enough to deal with it.

Spot the vegan. No prizes though, sorry 😁