Between extreme phenomena such as flooding and the drought the planet is now moving as the cycle of water It is disrupted at an unprecedented pace, creating serious impact on societies. This conclusion is reached by the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in its new exhibition-Kampanaki.
In 2023, recorded as the warmest year in historyonly 1 in 3 River Wells Worldwide it has “normal” water levels. At the same time in almost all areas where glaciers are massive losses due to melting.
According to WMO data, the Amazon and extensive areas of Latin America, as well as South Africa, were tested by severe drought. On the contrary, other parts of Africa, Asia and Central Europe have experienced more fluid than normal conditions.
Extreme phenomena & effects
As the WMO Secretary General of Selest Saulo points out, the Planet’s * aquatic resources are under increasing pressure, while the intensity of extreme situations Water -related affects more and more painful on lives and means of living worldwide.
2024 was recorded as the Third consecutive year with extensive ice loss in all areas with glaciers. WMO calculates that, in a single year, they were lost about 450 gigantons of ice—Fuch that corresponds to a 7x7x7 kilometers iceberg or sufficient to fill 180 million Olympic pools.
The melting of glaciers added about 1.2mm in the world height of the sea Within a year, significantly increasing the risk of flooding phenomena in hundreds of millions of coastal residents.
Global impact – parties in critical condition
In 2024, the tropical Africa It was hit by catastrophic rainfall that led to about 2,500 deaths and forced 4 million people to displacement. To Europe The most intense floods were recorded since 2013, while in Asia and Pacifica record of rainfall and tropical cyclones left behind more than 1,000 dead, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
In a depth of six years, only 1/3 of the river basins were in “normal” conditions, while the rest of 2/3 experienced either excessive either insufficient flow water, an element that the organization interprets as proof of a ‘deeply disturbed hydrological cycle“
UN data indicate that 3.6 billion people faces incomplete access to water at least one month a year – a number that is expected to overcome the 5 billion by 2050.
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