The energy and water cycles under climate change

Qingyun Duan; Anmin Duan

doi:10.1093/nsr/nwaa003

The energy and water cycles under climate change

Natl Sci Rev. 2020 Mar;7(3):553-557. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwaa003. Epub 2020 Jan 16.

Authors

Qingyun Duan¹, Anmin Duan¹

Affiliation

¹ Qingyun Duan is a professor from Hohai University, and Anmin Duan is a professor from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Abstract

Energy and water cycles have been a hot research topic in the global scientific community. The global climate change observed over the last century is having a profound impact on global and regional energy and water cycles, leading to more frequent extreme climatic events and affecting water security, ecosystem and socioeconomic development around the world. The impact is especially obvious over the highland regions such as the Tibetan Plateau. Here we have an interview with one of world's most renowned experts in hydroclimatology, Professor Soroosh Sorooshian from the University of California at Irvine, to share his insights on the subject of energy and water cycles.