New Hampshire's House of Representatives endorsed marijuana legalization Wednesday, but that doesn't mean the state will be the third to legalize pot. Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, a Republican sponsoring the legalization bill, tells U.S. News the state will not adopt his proposal in 2014.
The ocean holds 97 percent of the Earth's water; the remaining three percent is freshwater found in glaciers and ice, below the ground, or in rivers and lakes. Of the world's total water supply of about 326 million cubic miles of water, over 96 percent is saline, found in the ocean.
People tend to think that the amount of water on the planet is unlimited, yet the amount of water on the Earth will actually stay the same. Of the water on Earth, 97.3% is oceans, inland seas, and salt lakes; the rest is fresh water (icecaps/glaciers, groundwater, freshwater lakes, atmosphere, rivers). The amount of available fresh water to humans and wildlife depends largely on how water quality is maintained.