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Water

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Environmental Projections for the Anthropocene Epoch

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100

Water scarcity affects one in three people

on every continent of

the globe

1800 million people will be

living in countries or regions with absolute water

scarcity, and two-thirds of the

world population could be under

stress conditions.

More than 2.8 billion people in 48 countries will face water stress, or scarcity conditions .

47% of world population will be living in areas of high water stress. Nearly half of the global population will be living in regions of high water stress

The number of countries facing

water stress or scarcity could rise to 54, with a combined

population of four billion people - about 40% of the projected global population of

9.4 billion

278336

350

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as much as

970550

400+

Global temperatures could rise by 1.4-3.0C (2.5-5.4F) by 2050

Forest areas are predicted to decline by 13 percent from 2005 to 2030

By 2052, China's per capita

consumption will be at least

two thirds that of the United

States

By 2040, the Arctic may be ice-free

Since the year 2000, we have witnessed nine of the ten hottest years ever recorded

By 2025, world cities will generate about 2.2 billion tons of solid waster per year. They currently generate 1.3 billion tons per year.

Global food prices are predicted to rise 70–90

percent by 2030

Tar sands contain enough carbon to add 120 p.p.m.

Tar shale contains at least an additional 300 gigatons of carbon. If we turn to these

dirtiest of fuels, there is no hope of keeping carbon concentrations below 500 p.p.m.

At 560 p.p.m coral reefs will

start to dissolve

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