Over the next two weeks I will be
discussing conflict and collaboration over water resources, these may develop for several
reasons, including territorial disputes, a fight for resources, and strategic
advantage. Being of imbalanced temporal and spatial distribution worldwide
means that accessible clean water is always in high demand, and with climate
ever changing even greater pressure is being placed on available water.
Changing
climate has a direct effect on the hydrological cycle, with impacts including:
variation in air and water temperature, amount and distribution of
snow-and-rainfall, changes in the intensity and frequency of rainfall and
tropical storms and variations of local sea-level. These consequences, in the past and at present
are having an impact on the distribution and accessibility of water worldwide,
and as climate continues to change will no doubt cause further disturbances.
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