alleryWhat is global warming doing to the water cycle?
AIntensifying it
BSwitching it off
CSlowing it down
DLeaving it unchanged
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Intensifying it
1. Climate change shifts precipitation patterns.
2. It also raises extreme weather and changes rainfall timing.
3. The cycle is therefore being intensified, not slowed.
_Source: Wikipedia, Water cycle, lead section_
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