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7. Desert

 

Although this amount of water will remain the same regardless of how many thousand or ten thousand years may pass, the world's population, which began to surge at around the end of the 18th century, is estimated to reach 8.5 billion by 2025. If we do not take action, we will inevitably be faced with critical shortages of the water that we need.

 

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Life and Water-The Birthplace of Life

 

9. Illustration

A fetus in amniotic fluid

 

Human life starts within the amniotic fluid in our mother,s body. We are conceived in and are nurtured by this miraculous liquid.

 

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Ratio of water in the body

 

Even though we are terrestrial creatures born on the land, 80% OZ of the bodies of infants and children and 60% of the bodies of adults is made up of water. Human life is made possible by the life-giving qualities of water.

 

 

 

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