The Disastrous Effects of Losing All Earth's Bodies of Water

The question for the What If? series ( previously at Neatorama) was "What would happen if all the bodies of water on Earth magically disappeared?" Yeah, you had the same thought I did, of course we'd all die. You can't survive without water, and neither can any other living thing on earth. But that's too easy of an answer. Randall Munroe and Henry Reich instead take this scenario one step at a…