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Effects of global warming#Water resources
Introduction:
Freshwater is a finite resource that contains no salt and is a life sustaining source for drinking. The Earth is mostly covered by water, but from that reserve, only three percent of that water is freshwater[1]. Unfortunately, not even the three percent of freshwater is actually available for drinking due to the storage of water in glacier caps[2]. Freshwater is an essential resource that sustains life and provides many different modern uses such as: Irrigation, Industrial use, Sanitation, and drinking etc. The issue of climate change is causing global temperatures to rise resulting in a shift of the water cycle[3]. The excessive use of technology is raising greenhouse emissions and has caused the shift of increased moisture detainment in storm systems[4]. This causes the water cycle to increase speed in water phases and intensity, which later leads to less groundwater actually being stored in the aquifers. This change in climate is jeopardizing our one percent of actual drinking water. The changes in climate are now adding to the risk of freshwater loss due to the erratic change in water cycles and human technology[5].
Technological Freshwater Uses:
Freshwater has become an aiding factor for industrialization in this modern era. It has many uses other than drinking including: domestic use, irrigation, livestock, aquaculture, industrial, mining, public supply, and thermoelectric[6]. These are only some of the general uses of freshwater that further complicate freshwater quality. These components take a large quantity of freshwater to implement into technology. For a reference, measured in million gallons per day, public use accounts for roughly 44,000 mg/pd, Domestic use 4,000 mg/pd, Irrigation 128,000 mg/pd, livestock 2,140 mg/pd, aquaculture 8,780 mg/pd, industrial 17,000 mg/pd, mining 2,310 mg/pd, and finally thermoelectric 143,000 mg/pd[7]. The amount of freshwater being allocated towards technology results for about half of the natural freshwater resource that is actually available to us. With all of these different factors using the freshwater resource that accounts for less than one percent it should be of concern. Current water energy regulations are being made to switch to less energy intensive processes. In turn, lowering water use has a direct link with energy use, significantly lowering amount of emissions. reason being that there is a water-energy nexus and that they work in synergy. Water is needed to produce energy while energy is needed to "produce" water (from a source). Examining this relationship can significantly lower greenhouse emissions, resulting in slower rates of climate change.
How Climate Change Affects Freshwater:
Overproduction of greenhouse gases everyday is causing global temperatures to rise at an alarming rate. Our technology is not slowing down and only becoming more energy intensive. Greenhouse gas production is indirectly affects water sources because it changes the climate in which the water cycle undergoes it's natural cycle. Increased emissions creates warmer temperatures, warmer temperatures lead to erratic or accelerated water cycles, and tampered water cycles directly affects freshwater quality because the water in in constant flux and is not able to be stored efficiently in aquifers. Aquifers then become minerally concentrated due to the lack of water being stored and lack of water absorption. The regions that will be affected the most in the future to climate change involve the Artic, Africa, and Asian regions will be heavily affected due to the rapid rate of climate vulnerability. As these changes occur many ice caps begin to melt, raising sea level and saltwater intrusion begins to mix into freshwater sources. Climate change begins this negative domino effect towards water sources and regions because we are altering the Earth's atmosphere with modern technological emissions. As we try to combat this problem transportation of freshwater seems to only be making the matters worse because emissions are being released by automobiles to transfer freshwater.
References: edit
- ^ "Freshwater (Lakes and Rivers) - The Water Cycle". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ "Freshwater (Lakes and Rivers) - The Water Cycle". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ "The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources". Water Footprint Calculator. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ "The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources". Water Footprint Calculator. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ "Freshwater (Lakes and Rivers) - The Water Cycle". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ "What is most of the freshwater in the U.S. used for? Water science questions and answers, from the USGS Water Science School". water.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ^ "What is most of the freshwater in the U.S. used for? Water science questions and answers, from the USGS Water Science School". water.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-23.