The dynamics of water’s storage and movement on earth, as well as its transitions through the primary states of matter—gas, liquid, and solid—are known as the water cycle. Understanding how life-supporting water progresses through the global biosphere can provide each of us with a greater appreciation of how fragile a resource clean water is in the presence of 8.3 billion wasteful and polluting humans.
This graphic created by the United States Geological Survey illustrates many of the components of the water cycle’s complex processes. Have a look…
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