Scientists determine the Great Lakes are nonrenewable

https://www.earth.com/earth-science/scientists-determine-the-great-lakes-are-nonrenewable/

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too_high_for_this@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18d

From the article, there's 6 quadrillion gallons and it refills 1% every year. That comes out to 60 trillion gallons, or nearly 8000 gallons per person globally, per year. And that's only 20% of fresh water on the planet. Doesn't seem like much of a problem (for now).