Recent years have witnessed an increase in global average air temperatures as well as ocean temperatures, as documented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The rise in temperature is considered irrefutable evidence of climate change, and this has already started to have serious consequences for water resources and will have even more dire consequences in the future. Compounding these consequences are population growth, land-use changes and urbanization, increasing demands for water and energy, rising standards of living, changing dietary habits, changing agricultural practices, increasing industrial activities, increased pollution, and changing economic activities. All these will likely have adverse effects on water resources. This article briefly discusses climate change and its causes and impacts on water resources.
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Singh, V. P., Mishra, A. K., Chowdhary, H., & Prakash Khedun, C. (2014). Climate change and its impact on water resources. In Modern Water Resources Engineering (pp. 525–569). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-595-8_11
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