Any two of the following:

- Deforestation - trees release water vapour when they transpire, producing a

localised humidity. This water vapour then evaporates into the atmosphere where it
accumulates before precipitating back to the Earth as rain, sleet or snow.
Deforestation in one area can therefore affect the weather in another area because
if trees are cut down, there is less water to be evaporated into the atmosphere and
subsequently less rain.
- Burning of fossil fuels - Human activity such as the burning of fossil fuels has an
effect on the overall increase of the Earth’s temperature. Raising the Earth’s
temperature means that there is an increase of evaporation, melting of land and
sea ice, and impacts on other processes of the water cycle that adversely affect the
climate on Earth. Increase in evaporation can result in more precipitation in some
places. *this can also count under air pollution
- Irrigation - Irrigation is the artificial watering of land that does not get enough water
through rainfall. Irrigation is used substantially by most countries, some more than
others. Arid (dry) lands require far more water, as do countries that have large
intensive farming communities.The problem with irrigation is that it removes water
from its natural source which could reduce uptake by plants and trees in that area
reducing transpiration and the subsequent cloud formation in that area.
- Damming of rivers - Damming can affect the function of the river both upstream
and downstream – lakes are usually formed from the water accumulating above the
dam, while the amount of water is reduced further downstream. This can affect the
amount of evaporation and transpiration in these areas changing cloud formation
rate and the amount of precipitation in these areas.