As at: 09.04.2008
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IPCC Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water - Executive Summary
Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences on human societies and ecosystems. Observed warming over several decades has been linked to changes in the large-scale hydrological cycle such as: increasing atmospheric water vapour content; changing precipitation patterns, intensity and extremes; reduced snow cover and widespread melting of ice; and changes in soil moisture and runoff.
Further Information:
- 4th Assessment Report (AR4) of the IPCC (2007) on climate change [/english/climate/doc/print/39764.php]