Chapter 3. Global and Local Change: The End of Stationarity

This chapter explores how climate change and land-use change are affecting water availability for people and ecosystems. We address questions such as these:
How is climate change affecting the hydrologic cycle?
How does deforestation affect water supply, and how should we manage forests to protect water quality?
Is desertification a threat to water availability in drylands?
If “stationarity is dead,” what should replace it?

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