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May 11, 2018Journal of Environmental Engineering

Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in India

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MGManish Kumar GoyalRSRao Y. Surampalli

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Climate assessment reveals significant shifts in temperature and precipitation across India, indicating emerging threats to water security and agriculture.

Key Points

  • To assess how recent climate change affects temperature, precipitation patterns, and water resources across India.
  • Analyzed climate patterns, comparing precipitation and temperature variations between 2000–2015 against century-long baseline trends.
  • Evaluated national-level resource constraints, integrating population figures exceeding 1.2 billion and regional geographic disparities.
  • Identified significant changes in precipitation and temperature during 2000–2015 relative to historical trends over the preceding 100 years.
  • Highlighted extreme spatial disparities in rainfall, with high-demand agricultural sectors restricted to 4% of global water resources and 9% of global arable land.

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Goyal et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa652d489092379003a6923https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ee.1943-7870.0001394
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