Al-Amn Magazine

ENVIRONMENT C limate change is altering water availability - across the globe, and right on our doorstep. With a new interactive map, users can now see online how renewable water resources, groundwater recharge, and evapotranspiration might change in a specific region under various climate futures. The «Explorer for Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources» was developed by the Hydrology Working Group at Goethe University Frankfurt in cooperation with the French company AGEOCE. «Water is one of the key resources of our future - with the Explorer, we are providing society with a tool to prepare for changes early and knowledge- based,» says Prof. Petra Döll, head of the working group. The tool visualizes scientifically-based simulations of future water availability under the influence of climate change. It displays the results of a multi-model ensemble, i.e., the results of several global hydrological models driven by multiple climate models. Cl imate change on t he doors tep On l i ne too l shows f u t ure of regi ona l and g l oba l water resources