Hi there! My name is Briony and I’m a 3rd Year Environmental Geoscience student at UCL- welcome to my blog centring around the theme of water and environmental change in Africa. I plan to utilise this blog to discuss how environmental change, on a local and continental scale, is influencing the hydrological cycle of Africa and, subsequently, its population. I aim to make posts discussing the science involved in the climate system, historical and contemporary issues that environmental change has brought across the continent and specific case studies.
The Earth’s climate is by nature
a dynamic and ever-altering system. Communities around the world have successfully
been adapting to environmental change for generations, however, the timescale
on which the current climate crisis is occurring no longer makes adaption as
easy.
The list of ways that environmental
change, and specifically it’s impacts on water, affect society is endless: population, land use, public health, and social inequality are just a few factors involved.
Africa is set to undergo drastic environmental change as an impact of the
climate crisis, which not only makes it interesting to examine from a scientific
perspective but as a home to over a billion people, makes it vital to
understand and begin to mitigate the societal impacts.
My next post will feature a
summary of some of the key concepts I’m going to be throwing around on this
blog so keep your eyes peeled and I’ll see you next time!
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