3. Only 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater, the kind we need for drinking and growing food. Of that 3%, how much is locked in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow?

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3. Only 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater, the kind we need for drinking and growing  food. Of that 3%, how much is locked in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow?

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Approximately 68.7% of the Earth's freshwater is locked in ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow. This means that out of the 3% of the total water on Earth that is freshwater, around 2.1% of all the water on Earth is trapped in these frozen forms. This leaves a small percentage of the total freshwater available for drinking and agricultural use.