Watery Planet offers young readers a clear, insightful look at Earth's ongoing water challenges.

Water makes our life on Earth possible. We need water not just to drink and keep clean, but also for agriculture, industry, transport and much, much more. But despite having an enormous amount of water on Earth, only 1 per cent of it is available for us to use and it's at increasing risk.

Watery Planet looks at the reasons behind our looming water crisis - from uneven distribution to water wastage, pollution and climate change. It explores how floods, droughts and rising sea levels are becoming a stark reality as the world warms and describes how we are adapting to these challenges. It also looks at some positive, practical solutions to our water problems and explains how we can all do our part to help save Earth's most precious resource.

Contents:

A WHOLE WORLD OF WATER

WE ALL NEED WATER!

HOW WE GET WATER

IS THERE ENOUGH WATER?

WATER AND HEALTH

CASE STUDY: COLLECTING WATER IN ETHIOPIA

WATER POLLUTION

WATER AND GLOBAL WARMING

FLOODS AND DROUGHTS

CASE STUDY: PAKISTAN FLOODS

RISING SEA LEVELS

WATER AND NATURE

WATER AND WILDLIFE

CASE STUDY: THIRSTY AVOCADOS

DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY

WATER FOR THE WORLD

CASE STUDY: THE ARAL SEA

WATERY HOMES

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

THE FUTURE OF WATER

GLOSSARY

FURTHER READING

INDEX

Titles in this series:

Plastic Planet

Hot Planet

Recycled Planet

Sustainable Planet

Extinction Planet

Peaceful Planet?

Unequal Planet