Changes in water quality and especially water quantity will be a big problem in connection with climate change. Fortunately these questions are getting attention from scientists. A topic, which is likely to become as important as water quantity: synchronisation between discharge and other events, for example spawning of fish, hatching of fish larvae, emergence of aquatic insects - you name it.
This area of reasearch raises tricky questions, for example: what does indeed trigger spawning / emergence etc and how will the seasonal run-off patterns of rivers change with climate change. So, if you like challenges ...
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Irene
I would suggest to consider also the issue of energy consumption patterns
Considering combined effect of climate change and land use is getting really good interest between researchers recently.
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