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Climate change and its impact on natural resources
(Elsevier, 2021) Jyoti Kushawaha; Sivaiah Borra; Abhishek Kumar Kushawaha; Gurudatta Singh; Pardeep Singh
The places, population, and flora and fauna are at stake because of climate change. Natural resources regulate the economic, social, and cultural lives. Water is a basic need in everyday life, and its cycle is inextricably linked with climate change. The main concern is the changing scenario of the water resources and the factors supporting the condition of water scarcity. Forest resources have a very high value as a maximum of the national population, and the whole tribal community is dependent on the forest resources. Moreover, water itself plays a vital role directly or indirectly to affect the climate change on the oceans including warming, sea-level rise, changes in ocean currents pattern, coastal flooding, ocean acidity, and sea ice. These effects can, in turn, lead to significant changes in regional climate, climate pattern, and human migration. This chapter discusses climate change, its indicators and its impact on natural resources, especially on water, ocean, and forest resources. Moreover, the impact of climate change on water resources is the fundamental concern in this chapter. The industrialization leads to the emergence of employment, economic growth, development, and high living standards, but along with this the climate change poses a fundamental threat to ecology and environment because of the exploitation of the natural resources recklessly. © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.