You are very welcome to Episode 5! This month we are discussing one of the most important resources on our blue planet- WATER! Currently, 7 out of 10 people have access to clean running water globally, but this will not be the case forever. Did you know that by 2040 most of the world won’t have enough fresh water to meet demand each year? Have you ever turned on your tap and thought about where your water comes from? What would you do if it ran out? 

Water really is the source of all life, including ours, without it we would not be here. Our planet is in crisis and we need to start thinking about the importance of water on our planet and our global water consumption - so grab that cup of tea and join us as we dive into the deep end!

Hottest month on record stat https://www.livescience.com/july-hottest-month-ever-record-climate-change.html

326 million trillion Gallons water:  https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question157.htm 

Water meteor crash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpgBvEPozk 

Survival of water - 3-4 days v’s food: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325174.php

World Economic Forum water crisis #1 global risk 2016: https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/water-and-climate-change

Sustainable Development Goals - UN Framework 

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/

SDG 6 water & SDG 13 - Climate Action: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg13 

71% earth surface - water

https://twitter.com/fxmatt4/status/1039886923152732163?s=20

WATER EXPLAINED Netflix & Vox DOC Stats  link above

97% salt water - 2% frozen fresh water - 1% freshwater Drinking

Canada v’s Kuwait- 

Definition Aquifers: https://www.gsi.ie/en-ie/programmes-and-projects/groundwater/activities/understanding-ireland-groundwater/aquifer-classification/Pages/What%20is%20an%20aquifer.aspx

USGS Water Cycle: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/science/how-much-water-there-earth?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

SnowPack ⅓ drinking water - California sierra nevada 

Oceans- how important in regulating 

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/climate.html

The majority of radiation from the sun is absorbed by the ocean: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/climate.html 

In the last 200 years, the oceans have absorbed a third of the CO2 produced by human activities and they have also absorbed 90% of the extra heat trapped by the rising concentration of greenhouse gases: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/how-climate-change-relates-to-oceans

Marine life- ⅕ coral reefs have died: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/climate/ocean-warming-climate-change.html

Coral Reefs Wiped out by 2050:https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/environment-90-percent-coral-reefs-die-2050-climate-change-bleaching-pollution-a7626911.html

Sea Level Rise:

https://www.climaterealityproject.org/sites/climaterealityproject.org/files/WaterCycle.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/10/warming-oceans-likely-to-raise-sea-levels-30cm-by-end-of-century-study

Chennai India- ran out water https://psmag.com/environment/chennai-india-is-running-out-of-water-other-cities-will-be-soon 

Hindu Omarou Ibrahim- links!!!  Twitter: https://twitter.com/hindououmar?lang=en 

https://believe.earth/en/hindou-ibrahim-womens-leadership-in-chad/ 

https://www.weforum.org/people/hindou-oumarou-ibrahim

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/indigenous-women-climate-change-hindou-oumarou-ibrahim

Stats on water global water usage (8% fresh water consumed, 22% Industry, 70% Agriculture):  https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/water-scarcity-one-of-the-greatest-challenges-of-our-time/ 

Stats on water and food:  

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/05/11/cows-not-almonds-are-biggest-water-users/ 

Rainforest Alliance  https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

Amazon Watch https://amazonwatch.org/

Earth Alliance https://ealliance.org/ 

SOLUTIONS:

UN Water: https://www.unwater.org/water-facts/climate-change/

GLOBAL STRIKE FOR CLIMATE - https://globalclimatestrike.net/

Ireland, 1.6 billlion drinking water Ireland.

½ drinking water lost to leaks in Ireland: https://www.epa.ie/livegreen/water/:

Sewage Ireland : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDvxEW4AKew&feature=youtu.be  

Irish sea - Solution not Pollution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDvxEW4AKew

Rediscovery Centre http://www.rediscoverycentre.ie/ 

Florida Scientists, coral: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbO-IOc9tk 

Irish teenager, Fionn Ferreira invention for micro plastics: https://www.fastcompany.com/90329634/can-spreading-tiny-glass-beads-on-the-arctic-ice-keep-it-from-melting

Arctic Ice911 coating the ice with glass particles:

https://en.reset.org/blog/ice911-how-scattering-tiny-glass-beads-over-arctic-could-help-restore-ice-and-stabilise-climate

Submarines refreeze arctic & antartic https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2019/08/19/ice-making-mini-submarines-is-the-latest-idea-to-re-freeze-the-arctic/ 

Resolute Marine Energy - Wave 20: https://www.resolutemarine.com/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalieparletta/2019/07/10/wave-powered-desalination-promises-to-deliver-clean-water-to-developing-countries-and-island-nations/

Irish Environment Network -https://ien.ie/ 

Make Ireland Sustainable For All http://sdgsforall.ie/about-us/who-are-we/

Living Lab - Native Events https://www.nativeevents.ie/ 

- Electric Picnic https://www.facebook.com/events/bodysoul/the-living-lab-at-bodysoul-2019/2148703648702107/