World’s water cycle speeding up, raising flood and drought risks: Study

World’s water cycle speeding up, raising flood and drought risks: Study

Climate change is accelerating the movement of water through the atmosphere, potentially intensifying rainfall extremes while worsening water stress in vulnerable regions, a new IIT Kharagpur study has found. Published in the Journal of Hydrology, the study by Prof. Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath and his research team documents a widespread increase in atmospheric water vapour and projects further increases through the end of the century. It examine…