How do humans affect the water cycle?

According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, humans alter the planet’s water cycle by changing stream flow patterns. These changes cause the alteration of the sea level and ocean salinity, as well as altering the land’s physical properties. read more

How Humans Affect the Water Cycle The Credit River Watershed is part of a larger picture – the greater Toronto bioregion. This region is bounded on the west by the Niagara Escarpment, on the north and the east by the Oak Ridges Moraine and on the south by the north shore of Lake Ontario. read more

Humans affect the water cycle in numerous ways. Some of our actions purposefully affect the water cycle and other human activities have unintentional consequences on the water cycle. Purposefully changing water cycle : The image above shows some examples of how we manipulate various sources of water on earth. read more