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The World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) State of Global Water Resources 2023 report highlights the severe stresses on global water supplies, starkly indicated by five consecutive years of below-normal river flows across the world.
The report draws from global meteorological and hydrological data to offer a planetary assessment of water resources. It highlights that 2023 was the hottest year on record, with widespread floods and prolonged droughts globally, driven by the ongoing climate emergency, which has made the global water cycle more erratic and extreme.
Melting glaciers suffered the largest loss of ice mass ever recorded over the last five decades. 2023 is the second consecutive year in which all regions of the world with glaciers recorded ice loss.
Source: https://freshwaterblog.net/2024/10/08/global-rivers-drying-up-at-fastest-rate-for-30-years-due-to-climate-emergency/
The report draws from global meteorological and hydrological data to offer a planetary assessment of water resources. It highlights that 2023 was the hottest year on record, with widespread floods and prolonged droughts globally, driven by the ongoing climate emergency, which has made the global water cycle more erratic and extreme.
Melting glaciers suffered the largest loss of ice mass ever recorded over the last five decades. 2023 is the second consecutive year in which all regions of the world with glaciers recorded ice loss.
Source: https://freshwaterblog.net/2024/10/08/global-rivers-drying-up-at-fastest-rate-for-30-years-due-to-climate-emergency/
