Perspective Chapter: Shortening the Natural Altered Water Cycle by Global Warming
<p id="p1">The natural water cycle is the process that describes the continuous and endless circulation of water between natural resources on the Earth and atmosphere, transformed in different states by solar energy and magma heat energy from Earth’s molten core and attracted by Earth’s...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1198849 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">The natural water cycle is the process that describes the continuous and endless circulation of water between natural resources on the Earth and atmosphere, transformed in different states by solar energy and magma heat energy from Earth’s molten core and attracted by Earth’s gravity, maintaining its constant mass of water. The natural water cycle is very complex and it is affected by changes in all of its states by many factors that, in these times, have been extremely altered by climate change and are creating altered natural water cycles that are extending on distance, duration and volume of rain. Some factors currently occurring are the result of global temperature increases reflected in severe weather changes, such as more intense heat waves and insufficient freshwater to meet human and environmental demands in many areas of almost all countries, besides sea ice loss, accelerating sea level rise, and many other threats. In this perspective chapter, we focus on the need to develop and implement plans in the near term and focus on how to mitigate damages and specify fast adaptation actions to handle the urgent situation raised by global warming, based on plans to implement steps to observe, measure, and analyze ways to shorten the natural altered water cycle by global warming.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-85466-974-5 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1006898 |