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For all the little girls and boys in the United States of America. You can save the world. You are powerful!
Just imagine!
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Did you hear? Around the world people are running out of drinking water!
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What?! How can that happen?
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Fresh water is one of our most valuable resources. The Earth is changing and that means our drinking water
is changing too.
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Nope, that won't work! It takes 200 liters of water to make 1 glass of juice.
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We could just drink juice.
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The Earth is getting hotter and the ice in the north and south poles is melting faster. The extra heat and the extra water is making the oceans get fuller.
What happens if the oceans overflow?
Can the oceans overflow just like a bathtub?
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Wait. I don't understand why melted ice would make the oceans rise. When ice melts in my glass it doesn't overflow.
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If I leave my glass of ice water on the counter top for 3 hours, it will not overflow, it will only melt.
That is because the ice was already in your glass when it melted. If I poured melted ice from my glass into your glass it would overflow.
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Sea ice is frozen saltwater. When sea ice melts the ocean doesn't rise because it was already in the ocean.
But when the ice on land (called glacial ice) melts, it adds fresh water into the ocean and makes it rise.
Rivers bring fresh water to the oceans.
If the oceans overflow the saltwater can go into the rivers and get into our drinking water.
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Yuck! We can't drink saltwater!
What can we do about it?
I can't do anything. I'm too little!
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You can change the world...
even if it is
just a little bit!
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Yes, you!
Who, me?
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What can I do to change the world?
You can start by saving water.
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Remember to turn off the faucet when you brush your teeth
& scrub your hands.
Make sure all of the
faucets
are turned
off tight!
Everybody sing with me - off when I brush, off when I scrub. Turn it off, turn it off!
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I don't think that is a real song.
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For all the little girls and boys in the United States of America. You can save the world. You are powerful!
Just imagine!
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Did you hear? Around the world people are running out of drinking water!
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What?! How can that happen?
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Fresh water is one of our most valuable resources. The Earth is changing and that means our drinking water
is changing too.
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