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.
Most of the earth's fresh water is stored as ice in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. About 1.7% of the earth's entire water supply exists in icecaps. Other useful statistics: Approx. 97.5% of the earth's water is stored in the ocean and is not usable because it is saline. The remaining 2.5% is freshwater: 1.7% is found in ice caps. 0.7% is found as groundwater. 0.02% is found in lakes, streams, rivers, etc. 0.001% is found in the atmosphere. 0.001% is found as soil moisture.