annual or seasonal precipitation and others less,  many regions have seen increased heavy precipitation, and many have seen either increases or decreases in dry spells and  some regions have seen shifts towards heavier precipitation events separated by more prolonged dry spells . Observationally based calculations suggest that ET has changed in response to changes in precipitation and increasing temperatures, resulting in changing patterns of soil moisture worldwide which are now detectable by satellite remote sensing . Rising temperatures have caused profound and extensive changes in the global cryosphere, with mountain glaciers, land ice and snow cover shrinking, causing substantial, permanent impacts on the ways of life of people in these regions, particularly Indigenous Peoples with strong cultural links to long-term or seasonally frozen environments . Groundwater recharge in spring may have been reduced due to shorter snowmelt seasons, although the dominant impact on groundwater has been non-climatic and through intensification of irrigation . The global-scale pattern of streamflow changes is now attributable to observed historical climate change, with human land and water use insufficient by themselves to explain the observed streamflow changes at global scales . Numerous examples of extreme hydrometeorological events, including heavy precipitation, flooding, drought and wildfire events causing deaths, high levels of economic damage and extensive ecological impacts, have been shown to have been made more likely by human influence on climate through increased GHG concentrations in the atmosphere . Overall, there is a clear picture of human alteration of the global water cycle, which is now affecting societies and ecosystems across the
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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