Consider the following statements: 1. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found. 2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Options
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
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