A Changing Water Cycle
Water is constantly moving from the clouds to the land to the ocean and then back to the clouds, and this is known as the water cycle. The water cycle is a crucial part in maintaining environments keeping them fertile and habitable. Due to global warming this important cycle is being affected and causing drastic changes in our environment. The rising temperatures make the water cycle much more drastic which leads to wet areas getting wetter and dry areas getting drier. These discoveries have been made recently as scientists were able to examine changing patterns of salt in the ocean. Because the water cycle is the movement of freshwater, they were able to notice the changing intensity of the water cycle by the salt concentration in various areas. These droughts and floods can be detrimental to environments and change them completely. But the effect of the changing water cycle is not only confined to the environment, along with many other climate change related problems. The changing wa
