{"id":11217,"date":"2013-05-25T17:53:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T12:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=11217"},"modified":"2013-05-25T17:53:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T12:53:22","slug":"source-of-life-running-out-water-scientists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=11217","title":{"rendered":"Source of life running out: water scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3\u0544\u0561\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0580-\u057b\u0580\u056b-\u057a\u0561\u0577\u0561\u0580\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568-\u057d\u057a\u0561\u057c\u057e\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0565\u0576.-\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11211\" alt=\"3\u0544\u0561\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0580 \u057b\u0580\u056b \u057a\u0561\u0577\u0561\u0580\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568 \u057d\u057a\u0561\u057c\u057e\u0578\u0582\u0574 \u0565\u0576. \u0563\u056b\u057f\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580 (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3\u0544\u0561\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0580-\u057b\u0580\u056b-\u057a\u0561\u0577\u0561\u0580\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568-\u057d\u057a\u0561\u057c\u057e\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0565\u0576.-\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580-1.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3\u0544\u0561\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0580-\u057b\u0580\u056b-\u057a\u0561\u0577\u0561\u0580\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568-\u057d\u057a\u0561\u057c\u057e\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0565\u0576.-\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3\u0544\u0561\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0580-\u057b\u0580\u056b-\u057a\u0561\u0577\u0561\u0580\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568-\u057d\u057a\u0561\u057c\u057e\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0565\u0576.-\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3\u0544\u0561\u0584\u0578\u0582\u0580-\u057b\u0580\u056b-\u057a\u0561\u0577\u0561\u0580\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0568-\u057d\u057a\u0561\u057c\u057e\u0578\u0582\u0574-\u0565\u0576.-\u0563\u056b\u057f\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576\u0576\u0565\u0580-1-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>The majority of people on Earth will face severe water shortages within a generation or two if pollution and waste continues unabated, scientists warned at a conference in Bonn Friday.<\/div>\n<div>The conference sought to assess the evidence of man&#8217;s impact on freshwater resources, which constitute only 2.5 percent of the total volume of water on Earth.<\/div>\n<div>Currently, an estimated third of the world&#8217;s seven million people has limited access to adequate fresh water, according to conference delegates.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;In the short span of one or two generations, the majority of the nine billion people on Earth will be living under the handicap of severe pressure on fresh water,&#8221; said the declaration.<\/div>\n<div>Two-thirds of major river deltas are sinking due to groundwater extraction, and tens of thousands of large dams are distorting natural river flows on which ecosystems have depended for millennia.<\/div>\n<div>Much damage is being done by river pollution from sewer drainage or agricultural fertiliser and pesticide use.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of people on Earth will face severe water shortages within a generation or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}