EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -∙ A total of about 68.7% of all the fresh water of earth exists as ice caps and glaciers.

Detailed explanation-2: -And, of the total freshwater, over 68 percent is locked up in ice and glaciers. Another 30 percent of freshwater is in the ground. Fresh surface-water sources, such as rivers and lakes, only constitute about 22, 300 cubic miles (93, 100 cubic kilometers), which is about 1/150th of one percent of total water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glaciers and polar ice caps store the maximum percentage of freshwater (69%), followed by ground water (30%), followed by rivers (0.33%), and lastly, the atmosphere (0.035%).

Detailed explanation-4: -Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Almost 10 percent of the world’s land mass is currently covered with glaciers and ice caps, mostly in places like Greenland and Antarctica.