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#precipitation

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This year's been too dry so far (at least in the top soil layer). Shown here by data from my weather station in Wedemark, north of Hanover. The graphs show the cumulative precipitation until the end of April 2025.

The black graph is for the current year. By the end of April, it is significantly below *all* previous years since 2017.

Mountains and Glaciers: Water towers
UN World Water Development Report

Mountain waters are essential to humans and ecosystems

The 2025 edition of the #UnitedNations World Water Development Report highlights the importance of #mountain waters, including alpine #glaciers, which are vital for meeting basic human needs such as water supply and sanitation. They are also essential to ensuring #food and #energy security to billions of people living in and around mountain regions and areas downstream. They also support economic growth through various water-reliant industries. As the ‘water towers’ of the world, mountains are an essential source of fresh #water. They store water in the form of #ice and #snow during cold seasons, releasing it during warmer seasons as a major source of fresh water for users downstream. Mountains play a unique and critical role in the global #WaterCycle, and they affect atmospheric circulation, which drives #weather and #precipitation patterns.

unesco.org/reports/wwdr/en/202

#Environment
#ClimateCrisis
#Cryosphere