Projections of Freshwater Use in the United States Under Climate ...

An Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes

The. United States draws more than 40 million gallons (151 million liters) of water from the Great Lakes every day – more than half used for electrical power ...

Constraints and potentials of future irrigation water availability on ...

We compare ensembles of water supply and demand projections driven by ensemble output from five global climate models. Our results suggest reasons for concern.

Economic impacts of climate change on water resources in the ...

Frederick and Schwarz (1999) used both an extremely wet GCM projection (HadCM2), which indicated increased flows within every U.S. WRR, and an ...

Priorities for California's Water - Public Policy Institute of California

On average, California's residents and non-farm businesses use about 10 percent of the state's water supplies, and irrigated agriculture uses about 40 percent.

Water Resources

Surface water availability is projected to decline 10% by 2040 under more severe climate projection scenarios, combined with an estimated 5% decrease in soil ...

Climate Impacts on Agriculture and Food Supply | US EPA

Changes in the frequency and severity of droughts and floods could pose challenges for farmers and ranchers and threaten food safety.[3] Meanwhile, warmer water ...

Climate Change and New Mexico's Water Resources: A 50-Year ...

Alex Rinehart received the Geological Society of America (GSA) 2021 John Frye Environmental Geology Award for their report “Lifetime Projections for the High ...

Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources - Choices Magazine

More specifically, an ensemble of GCMs predicts a 20% increase for northern North America, a 15% increase in winter precipitation for northwestern regions, and ...

OCT 27 // Vulnerability of U.S. Water Supply to Climate Change

Large regions of the U.S. are facing increasing water scarcity – droughts are increasing in frequency and duration – with a high amount of ...

Population Projections and Future Water Needs - Flagstaff.az.gov

Global Change Research · Water quality and water supply reliability are jeopardized by climate change in a variety of ways that affect ecosystems and livelihoods ...

Climate change impacts

Coastal infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water supplies, and much more, is at risk from sea level rise. Nearly 40% of the United States population lives ...

18 Surprising Projections About the Future of Water - Seametrics

According to the U.S. Intelligence Community Assessment of Global Water Security, by 2030 humanity's “annual global water requirements” will exceed “current ...

Climate Change Effects and Impacts - NYSDEC

The state's average temperatures are projected to rise by as much as another 3°F by 2080 with the greatest warming occurring in the northern parts of the state.

Drought and Climate Change - C2ES

... of the contiguous United States was under at least abnormally dry conditions. ... water used for drinking and recreation. Also, drought-fueled wildfires ...

FACT SHEET: United States Announces $49 Billion in ...

Investments in water and sanitation safeguard our public health and economic growth, enable us to respond to climate change and natural ...

Projections of Future Water Demand for the Western USA - Catalog

Integrated Climate and Land Use (ICLUS) Data from Bierwagen et al. (2010) was used to project population change according to the SRES storylines ...

Climate change and food security: risks and responses

Moreover, improvements in modelling as well as in data collection and use enable us to improve the projections of climate change impacts in the medium term and ...

Assessing water security in the São Paulo metropolitan region under ...

It has been projected that 1.8 million people around the world will experience a state of absolute water scarcity by 2025 (WWDR, 2015).

Future projection of water resources based on digitalisation and ...

Water demand increases by 25–125% due to climate change and population growth. Increased availability of open-access data can help future ...

New Report Estimates Potential Water Losses Due to Climate Crisis ...

Similarly, DWR's Water Use Efficiency Branch will be advising urban and ... As part of the State's long-term planning efforts, the SWP is also ...