The most significant way we can monitor our level of water consumption in a world where fresh water quantity is actually limited is calculating our water footprint.

What we do not know is that the water supply available for our survival as a species is but a very small part from all the water spread over our planet and that this tiny share must fit the need of our species but also the needs of all the other animal and vegetal life we share the Earth with.

How does calculating the water footprint help?

Well according to the scientific world calculating it will surely demonstrate how wrong is our approach towards water consumption and as a result will make us rethink the way we act as consumers of this precious resource.

How can we do that?

Rethinking the landscape we choose so it will use less watering, revamping the bathroom so tap water and hot water will be consumed wisely, starting the washing machine only when it is at full capacity so the water will serve a higher cleaning purpose; eating, drinking and shopping less because all we consume requires water to be made.

We should learn to care about our water source. It doesn’t belong to us but to the many generations that will realm the Earth after we are gone.

When the scientists said that the ecological disaster will influence greatly on the entire ecosystem including wildlife and human life, they were not kidding since apart from polluting the environment, the spill spread underwater killing wildlife and causing damage to human health.

Yes, lives were lost, both human and animal, and if you think that this disaster is somehow contained, learn that that is virtually impossible to be achieved due to weather condition and water currents.

Still, you should know that the consequences of the spill and of the deep water spreading of the crude oil is certainly not something that would pass away very soon.

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The large number of small islands spread all over the coast of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida had the unfortunate experience to see the danger of oil contamination endanger the habitat of the rare bird species.

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It is true that Coastal Louisiana islands and Alabama Gulf islands are the most at risk but who knows if ocean currents won’t spread the danger as far as Everglades ?

Here are some of endangered and threatened bird species.

American Oystercatchers by Gary Smyle

Black Skimmers by Ralph Wright

Brown Pelicans by Gary Smyle

Reddish Egret by Gary Smyle

Royal Terns by Gary Smyle

Snowy Egret by Gary Smyle

Source: abcbirds.org

The interesting theory in the research is that they are in danger, while other rivers nearby will not feel the negative effect of the global warming.

The sad news is that one-fifth of the population is depending on the water that comes from Brahmaputra, Indus, Ganges and others.

The research is also warning that one of the global warming effects can be drying up one of these rivers.

This is possible due to a higher evaporation of the water. The melting of the snow is also an issue, for it is now melting faster and that causes faster and heavier water flow downstream.

The flood disaster is a major problem and for now the scientists are trying to find the right reasons behind it. Surely one of them is the global warming.

Traditional burial and cremation practices have a negative environmental impact. The complicated methods of embalming prevent decomposing and the return to the Earth takes longer for the body. You can choose this or you can go for a greener way.

This would mean your relatives will choose a wood casket, no embalming will be involved and you will be buried a bit closer to the surface.

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So if you want to become part of the dirt you will go into, consider a simpler and closer to nature way of burial. Nature will welcome you with open arms.

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There are still places where the people do not seem to care that we are killing the earth and they are using all of the natural resources and make as much garbage as they can

Then you get the people that don’t even seem to want to clean up the filth right in front of them. For example, the Citarum River in Indonesia supplies the water for nearly 5 million people who live in and around its basin.

It also happens to be the most polluted river in the world. Can you imagine getting water from a river where you cannot even see the water for the trash floating on top of it?

These people do…on a daily basis. They cook with the water flowing under the trash, they take baths in the very same water and they even drink from the river of garbage.

Each year nearly 18,000 gray whales are heading south to Mexico in the winter and then they turn back to the Pacific Northwest in the spring.

During their migration period many whales are in danger. These 40 tons creatures are now under a special test. The team found out that a special acoustic device can protect them and keep them from energy devices.

The devices will be placed at the bottom of the ocean and their specific noises will actually protect the whales. The noisemakers will alarm the whales and basically will turn their headlights on.

The Oregon State’s Marine Mammal Institute will start testing the noisemakers in the late December, when the gray whales migration is expected.

According to the specials, these devices can actually preserve the whales as a species and are totally harmless for the other marine habitants. The noises from the devices will guide the gray whales, which remain an endangered species for now.

The New Zealand frog is often called a survivor, for it was a witness of the dinosaurs’ era and the world evolution till today.

This species is now in danger and this can cause severe problems to the world’s biodiversity.

According to the New Zealand green organizations, the Archey`s frog may not survive the century.

The scientists’ point out the frog is one of a kind and there is no other species like it. The reason for demolishing the Archey`s frog is complicated.

The ecologists are explaining that climate changes are influencing the frog’s survival. The IUCN Red List is now classifying the frog as critically endangered. In New Zealand there are already several measures for keeping the frog that was here before the Atlantic Ocean existed.

The authorities in New Zealand have already started to preserve the population of this ancient species. The government is about to open three protected areas for the frog as they will try to isolate the effect of the global warming and climate change, in order to keep the first original frog on the earth.

The resolution is about partnership for one goal- reducing the emissions from deforestation actions. The pact also includes plans for over $4 billion investments in this matter.

The agreement includes most of the NGO’s countries, as well as the Environmental Defense Fund, the Union of Concerned Scientist and the Natural Resource Defense.

The group will also work on the 2012 international climate agreement as it is expected to prevent the risk from the global warming.

The forest degradation plays a major role in the global warming; therefore reducing its bad emissions will be a major step towards demolishing the climate changes.

U.S. has already urged on $1 billion to reduce the deforestation emissions. In the next 3 years the country will start working by the plan from the agreement.

The results are expected to be extremely important, when it comes to cutting the gas emissions and the global warming effect. The Norway agreement will start to work in each of the countries, which are part of the global eco initiative.

But out of the need to know basis, the people should do this measuring and monitoring at constant time intervals in order to see a pattern.

Here is an Infographic about the Sea and Oceans depth around the world.

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Source: ookah