🔵 These changes have severe implications, such as reduced water availability, increased flooding risks, and a growing threat to water security for 80% of the global population.
🔵 Since the 20th century, human-caused climate change has driven significant changes in the water cycle, including: Increased atmospheric moisture, more intense precipitation, and widening global patterns of aridity.
Q: What challenges will arise? A: “We’ll face greater difficulties in managing water, more flash floods, and risks to agriculture.” – Murray Scown, Lund University
Q: What’s projected for this century? A: “Expect more extreme weather—heavier rainfall in some areas, more frequent droughts in others.” – Benjamin Cook, Columbia University
Q: How is climate change impacting the water cycle? A: “More precipitation and intense downpours in regions especially with steep terrain. It also causes shifts in the monsoon regions because climate change increases the monsoon intensity” – Ella Gilbert, British Antarctic Survey:
🌍 What do the experts say about climate change affecting earth’s water cycle? Here’s a quick Q&A from @Sciencefeedback editor and the scientists: #ClimateChange#WaterCycle
Our latest insight article explored how #misinformation often exploits this complexity. Climate contrarians often use “either/or” fallacy that oversimplifies climate issues to mislead their audience. We provided evidence in the article that climate change can have effects on both:
If your tap ran dry and stores closed down, where would you get your freshwater? Water is essential to human life – so important, in fact, that civilizations throughout history have developed around…
The impact of climate change on the water cycle is complex, leading to both more intense droughts and more intense extreme rainfall events. This duality is not a contradiction, but rather a reflection of the dynamic nature of our climate system.
A recent WSJ op-ed made misleading claims regarding polar bears & other climate-related projections. @sciencefeedback.bsky.social tapped peer-reviewed research & experts to provide context that debunks the claims, including feedback from our own senior director of research and policy, Geoff York.
Key takeaway Simply because a climate change prediction has not become fully visible yet does not mean that the prediction is not happening or that the prediction will not happen in the future. Scienc...