Geographical water scarcity under a changing climate leads to drought ( Libya as a case study)

Abstract

Over the past decades the world has witnessed a change in prevailing climate patterns. This change has affected the distribution of rainfall across different regions of the world ;in some areas rainfall has increased, while in others, drought and desertification have increased. Droughts manifest in different ways; some appear slowly as creeping events that persist from season to season droughts are considered cyclical and natural hazards that have occurred over thousands of years, but their intensity and ability to cause widespread losses and damage are increasing due to climate change. Libya is among the countries that have experienced a wave of drought in recent years. This was revealed by the national meteorological center through climate date confirming that Libya is facing one of the most severe droughts in its modern history, with an unprecedented decrease in rainfall rates over the past thirty years… this change in climatic condition has affected Libya this year and caused a decrease in rainfall especially in the western and southern parts of the country. This paper analyzes the distribution of resources water resources and revealing the gap between supply and demand as an attempt it, and to alter specialists further.