?Consider why global warming is likely to cause a lessening of the amount of the world's available freshwater and how that would likely cause changes throughout the downhill flow of freshwater.
What will be an ideal response?
?The increase of air temperatures is causing the reduction of glaciers around the world. Glaciers are storehouses for freshwater. The release of this water will reduce the amount of freshwater available to the population of humans and other organisms that are dependent on this resource downstream. In addition, the storage of freshwater in the glaciers regulates the release of the water over an extended period, instead of all at once. If the downstream regions receive their water as a result of precipitation at the source zone and not as a result of melting ice, the water may be sporadically available. Because the total freshwater on earth is less than 3% of the total water, release of the stored freshwater held in glaciers into the oceans both reduces the salinity of the oceans and the total amount of freshwater.
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Gerrymandering is of no concern for electoral districts.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)