Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean
Synthesis of river-monitoring data reveals that the average annual discharge of fresh water from the six largest Eurasian rivers to the Arctic Ocean increased by 7% from 1936 to 1999. The average annual rate of increase was 2.0 ± 0.7 cubic kilometers per year. Consequently, average annual discharge...
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craaas:10.1126/science.1077445 2024-09-15T17:53:10+00:00 Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean Peterson, Bruce J. Holmes, Robert M. McClelland, James W. Vörösmarty, Charles J. Lammers, Richard B. Shiklomanov, Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Igor A. Rahmstorf, Stefan 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1077445 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1077445 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 298, issue 5601, page 2171-2173 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2002 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1077445 2024-09-05T04:01:17Z Synthesis of river-monitoring data reveals that the average annual discharge of fresh water from the six largest Eurasian rivers to the Arctic Ocean increased by 7% from 1936 to 1999. The average annual rate of increase was 2.0 ± 0.7 cubic kilometers per year. Consequently, average annual discharge from the six rivers is now about 128 cubic kilometers per year greater than it was when routine measurements of discharge began. Discharge was correlated with changes in both the North Atlantic Oscillation and global mean surface air temperature. The observed large-scale change in freshwater flux has potentially important implications for ocean circulation and climate. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ocean North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 298 5601 2171 2173 |
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Synthesis of river-monitoring data reveals that the average annual discharge of fresh water from the six largest Eurasian rivers to the Arctic Ocean increased by 7% from 1936 to 1999. The average annual rate of increase was 2.0 ± 0.7 cubic kilometers per year. Consequently, average annual discharge from the six rivers is now about 128 cubic kilometers per year greater than it was when routine measurements of discharge began. Discharge was correlated with changes in both the North Atlantic Oscillation and global mean surface air temperature. The observed large-scale change in freshwater flux has potentially important implications for ocean circulation and climate. |
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Peterson, Bruce J. Holmes, Robert M. McClelland, James W. Vörösmarty, Charles J. Lammers, Richard B. Shiklomanov, Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Igor A. Rahmstorf, Stefan |
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Peterson, Bruce J. Holmes, Robert M. McClelland, James W. Vörösmarty, Charles J. Lammers, Richard B. Shiklomanov, Alexander I. Shiklomanov, Igor A. Rahmstorf, Stefan Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean |
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Increasing River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean |
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