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Virtual Water Trade Network

Interactive 3D water-footprint simulator: watch the blue, green and grey water embedded in traded farm goods (beef, cotton, coffee, rice) flow between world regions, and see how export volume drives up a water-stressed region's Blue Water Scarcity Index.

Climate, Ecology & Environment3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted

Every tonne of beef, cotton, coffee or rice that crosses a border also carries an invisible cargo: the water used to grow and process it. This simulator renders a 3D network of six world regions and animates that "virtual water" as blue (irrigation), green (rainfall) and grey (pollution-dilution) droplets flowing from your chosen exporter to its trading partners. Pick a commodity and export volume and watch the live readouts — total water exported, the grey-water pollution share, and the exporting region's Blue Water Scarcity Index — respond in real time, showing why water-stressed regions exporting thirsty crops is a real sustainability concern, not an abstraction.

⚙ Under the hood

Watch the blue, green and grey water embedded in traded farm goods (beef, cotton, coffee, rice) flow between six world regions in 3D, and see how export volume drives up a water-stressed region's Blue Water Scarcity Index.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install