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Climate change brings global water paradox of floods and droughts

The U.N. weather agency's report details a stark contrast between some regions parched and others submerged.

Record mass loss occurred in Scandinavia, Svalbard, and North Asia, while some regions like the Canadian Arctic and Greenland periphery saw more moderate losses, WMO reported.
Record mass loss occurred in Scandinavia, Svalbard, Norway, and North Asia, while some regions like the Canadian Arctic and Greenland periphery saw more moderate losses, WMO reported. (AN/Jacek Urbanski/Unsplash)

GENEVA (AN) — The world's water cycle is spiraling into a state of dangerous imbalance, swinging with increasing ferocity between prolonged droughts and devastating floods.

Last year was marked by a profound imbalance, with only one-third of the world’s river basins experiencing normal water flow for a sixth consecutive year, the World Meteorological Organization reported on Thursday.

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