Continental Drying: A Threat to Our Common Future

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/9ed91bc1-3f24-4186-aacb-5ac4bfe52e66 Abstract Grounded in new evidence from satellite data, “Continental Drying: A Threat to Our Common Future” presents the first global assessment of freshwater reserves over the past two decades. The findings expose an alarming trend of “continental drying,” a persistent long-term decline in freshwater availability across vast landmasses. Not only are droughts and deluges becoming more unpredictable, but the total amount of freshwater available for use has also significantly declined. Continental drying, driven by global warming, worsening droughts, and unsustainable water and land use, is a silent but accelerating crisis—largely unknown to the public—that reshapes the global water narrative. file:///C:/Users/Usuario/Downloads/Continental%20Drying.pdf