View Planet Earth Natural Resources US. To most of the scientists studying the planet it has become increasingly evident that there are limits to the human impact that our earth system can absorb. World resources forum fosters international discussions amongst stakeholders and experts on the topic of resources.
While earth is only the fifth largest planet in the solar system, it is the only world in our solar system with liquid water on the surface.
While more than 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water, only 2.5 percent. The mother earth is abundant with natural resources that develop on this planet using its surrounding environment. Our use of natural resources will more than double from 2015 to 2050 though the world population will only increase by a third in this period. Earth is among the eight planets of our solar system that orbit around the sun.