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Slide 1Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Slide 7Slide 8Slide 9Slide 10Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Hydrologic Cycle (in 103 km3)Distribution on Earth“Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” – Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient MarinerGlobal Water Withdrawls - McNeill, Table 5.1Type of use, McNeill Table 5.1Global Irrigated Area, McNeill Table 6.2Mesopotamian wetlands 1976From http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue2/0202p44_mesopotamian_marshlands.htmlMesopotamian Wetlands - 2000Fig. 1 (A) Trends in annual rates of application of nitrogenous fertilizer (N), and of phosphate (P) for all nations, except former USSR. (B) Trends in global area of land in pasture or crops. (C) Trend in global pesticide production per year. (D) Trend in expeditures on pesticide imports summed across all nations, transformed to constant 1996 USD. All trends are as dependent on global population and GDP as on time. [From Forecasting Agriculturally Driven Global Environmental Change, D.Tilman et al., 2001, Science, Vol.292, pg. 281-284]Fig. 1) Global distribution of population in 1985 with respect to relative water stress threshold of DIA/Q = 0.4 indicating severe water scarcity. A 30’ resolution is used for this map. Mapping reflects a mean global runoff of ~40,000 km3/year and aggregate water withdrawals of 3100 km3/year. These estimates are highly dependent on contemporary water use statistics, which reflect a degree of uncertainty (e.g., assessments made in 1987 vary > 1300 km3/year). Use with caution. [From Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth, 2000, C.J. Vorosmarty et al., Science, Vol. 289, pg.


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