Five facts about the WMO’s 2024 State of Global Water Resources Report:

This is the #StateOfWater.

Read the full report 🔗 https://bit.ly/469OBWU

🌡️ 2024 was the hottest year on record.

Overall, 2024 was dry and hot, but regional patterns revealed a stark contrast: some regions endured severe drought, while others faced multiple devastating floods.

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In 2024, all glaciated regions on Earth lost ice for the third consecutive year.
That’s 450 Gt gone: enough to fill 180 million Olympic swimming pools.
This added 1.2 mm to global sea levels.

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In 2024, every glaciated region lost ice for the third year in a row.
Glacier meltwater adds about 1.2 mm to global sea level in a single year, raising flood risks in coastal zones.
@wmo-global.bsky.social #StateOfWater report shows how the water cycle is becoming dangerously erratic: bit.ly/4nt8Kxn

2024 marked the sixth consecutive year of an erratic hydrological cycle.

Continued investment in water resources monitoring and stronger collaboration in data sharing are vital to closing global monitoring gaps.

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How much water is too little, or too much?

In the past six years, two-thirds of rivers worldwide had too much or too little water, showing just how unpredictable and erratic the hydrological cycle has become.

This is the #StateOfWater.

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🌏 #IAH2025 is finished and a special week coming to an end.

#Newsletter with 3 launches in 1 week:
📸'Beauty of Groundwater' is online with call-to-action
📊Groundwater level data from 47 countries in #StateOfWater
🗺️Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map 2025
🔓 #OpenAccess #Article
🔗 bit.ly/4nhCPQm

Report highlights erratic state of global water resources The global water cycle has become increasingly erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. It draws on data and insi...

UKCEH's Prof Harry Dixon, the UK’s Hydrological Adviser to WMO said, “We are pleased to be continuing to work with WMO and international partners to improve hydrological monitoring at local, national and global level”

See more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

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Screengrab from HydroSOS portal with world map on left (shades of red indicate flows lower than normal, blue higher than normal) and on the right a bar chart showing the status of the river Mpanga

The report stresses the cascading impacts of too much or too little water on economies and society.

Future reports will include more data, supported by initiatives like the Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), coordinated by UKCEH.

🔗 wmo.int/publication-...

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Cracked, dry ground and text saying In 2024, certain regions suffered severe drought, others experienced multiple floods

Distribution chart of global river flow conditions whether below, normal or above from 1991-2024

Map of world with title World River Discharge Conditions 204 and colours indicating whether much below, below, normal, above, or much above

The global water cycle has become more erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought ⛈️.

UKCEH contributed to the latest @wmo-global.bsky.social #StateOfWater report. It shows that while 2024 was dry and hot overall, some areas suffered severe drought and others multiple floods.

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Just Launched 📢 The WMO’s 2024 State of Global Water Resources Report is now available!

In 2024, the water cycle has become increasingly erratic and extreme, swinging between deluge and drought.

This is the #StateOfWater.

Read the report 🔗 https://bit.ly/469OBWU

ECMWF scientist @shaunharrigan.bsky.social says, "We can only get a complete picture of the world’s rivers by blending observations with global hydrological models. This combined view helps us track the changing state of water resources worldwide."

#EarlyWarningsForAll #StateOfWater #StateOfClimate

Groundwater level data from 47 countries in the State of Global Water Resources Report 2024 - IGRAC For the groundwater level data from 47(!) countries, read this recently published State of Global Water Resources Report 2024 of WMO.

💧 #Launch: The WMO #StateOfWater #pressconference starts right now and the 2024 report is available for download.
📊Groundwater level data from 37,406 monitoring wells across 47 countries.
🔗Our #groundwater analysis for #StateOfWater Report 2024: un-igrac.org/latest/news/...
#water #drought #data

💬 We want to hear from you on how we can improve next year’s #StateOfWater report. 👉forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx