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Rapid urbanization is a primary factor behind the scarcity of sand. (Photo: © Spaxia – Dreamstime.com)
Rapid urbanization is a primary factor behind the scarcity of sand. (Photo: © Spaxia – Dreamstime.com)
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WaterAid says that if a single bucket were to hold all the water in the world, only a teacup if it would be potable and of that, only a teaspoon would be accessible. These residents of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, are being given water by the military. (Photo: Kibae Park/Sipa Press – UN photo)
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Access to water for drinking, cooking, washing and other daily needs has become increasingly unequal. These children, in South Sudan, must transport it for their families. (Photo: UN photo)
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Arable land is another surprisingly scarce global resource. These Haitians are building rock walls and planting vegetation as a way of saving arable land and avoiding flooding in lower areas. (Photo: Logan Abassi UN/MINUSTAH)
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Copper is integral to countless devices and one of several non-rare earth minerals in low supply. (Photo: © St3fano – Dreamstme.com)
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Electric vehicles require up to 4.5 kilograms of various rare earths, including cerium and neodymium, the latter of which is shown here. (Photo: images-of-elements.com)
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Phosphorus is vital to commercial fertilizer, being used on a field here, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Photo: © Akekalak Phatchaitong – Dreamstime.com)
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Rapid urbanization is a primary factor behind the scarcity of sand. (Photo: © Spaxia – Dreamstime.com)
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Yellowfin tuna, shown here in the Philippines, is one of the world’s many overfished species. (Photo: © Juan Vilata – Dreamstime.com)
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Biology professor Dave Goulson says insects pollinate about three-quarters of the crop types grown by humans, a service estimated to be worth between $235 billion and $577 billion worldwide. (Photo: © Adam Hurley – Dreamstime.com)
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Technetium-99m is used in 80 per cent of all diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures. Shown here is the first technetium-99m generator. (Photo: Brookhaven National Laboratory)
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While humans move away from oil consumption, there are still predictions that speak to coming shortages, thanks to natural depletion and the halting of new explorations. (Photo: © Rafael Ben Ari – Dreamstime.com)
