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Taimoor Sohail, Postdoctoral research associate, UNSW Sydney

Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought

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Fresh water cycles from ocean to air to clouds to rivers and back to the oceans. This constant shuttling can give us the illusion of certainty. Fresh water will always come from the tap. Won’t it?

Unfortunately, that’s not guaranteed. Climate change is shifting where the water cycle deposits water on land, with drier areas becoming drier still, and wet areas becoming even wetter.

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