River ice responses to a warming Arctic—recent evidence from Russian rivers

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: A I Shiklomanov, R B Lammers
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2014
• Subjects: river ice; Arctic hydrology; climate change; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Kolyma; Salekhard; Severnaya Dvina; Yenisey; Climate change; dvina
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/035008; https://doaj.org/article/61d9436f2b524aa88cc8ed5a6fb05c9f

This paper looks at the response of river ice to recent warming in the Arctic at six major downstream gauges on large Russian rivers flowing to the Arctic Ocean. For the Severnaya Dvina, Ob, Yenisey, Lena, Yana and Kolyma we determine how river ice has changed in recent years and we try to understan...