TEDx Talk: Anthropogenic Drought and Environmental Change
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic
In his talk, Amir AghaKouchak discusses his observations of environmental change and explores the shocking causes and effects of the anthropogenic drought.
Amir AghaKouchak is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. His research crosses the boundaries between hydrology, climatology, and remote sensing to address critical global water resource issues.
Dr. AghaKouchak is the principal investigator of several research projects funded by NASA, NOAA, and NSF.
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Source: TEDx Talks
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Taxonomy
- Resource Management
- Environment
- Drought
- Climate Change
- Sustainable Water Resource Management
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Climate Change Resilience
- Water Management
- Water Resource Management
- Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
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Professor Amir reflects on the impact of water on the environment.
Let me note that water does not just affect the environment, it forms the climate itself. On a global scale. As a result of human activity, the functions of water have changed. Instead of participating in the maintenance of biota, water comes with precipitation and goes back by artificial evaporation from arable land, asphalt, reservoirs, dumps. In total, the man killed 63% of the inhabited land. Unnatural degradation. Even more artificial fumes produce production and municipal water charges around the world. Giant artificial evaporation created unprecedented volumes of water in the atmosphere, which lost control and are spilled by massive precipitation, without causing moisture to other places. Therefore, some areas suffer from floods, and others - from drought.