Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security Date: June 10, 2019 Source: University of Birmingham Summary: Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research ...

They also found that most diagrams had standard designs of the water cycle that don’t address the various nuances of cycles in different U.S. or world regions.

It’s hard to find a diagram of the carbon or nitrogen cycle that doesn’t show factories and fertilisers,” said Abbott. “However, our drawings of the water cycle are stuck in the 17th ...