On Thursday, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization announced the global hydrological cycle has been thrown increasingly out of balance due to climate change.
According to the WMO, global nations will need to institute more rigorous policies in order to monitor the ongoing situation.
“We are seeing much heavier precipitation episodes and flooding,” said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas. “And at the opposite extreme, more evaporation, dry soils and more intense droughts.”
“Far too little is known about the true state of the world’s freshwater resources. We cannot manage what we do not measure,” said the WMO in a statement.
