alleryWhat is climate change doing to the global water cycle?
AIntensifying it
BSlowing it down
CStopping it fully
DLeaving it as before
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Intensifying it
1. Warming shifts rainfall patterns and extreme weather.
2. Climate change is leading to an intensification of the water cycle.
3. It is not stopping, weakening or leaving it unchanged.
_Source: Wikipedia, Water cycle, lead section_
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