Arctic rivers face big changes with a warming climate

Alaska and the Arctic | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Loss of sea ice, thawing permafrost, and other climate-driven changes in Alaska are transforming ecosystems, disrupting cultural practices, harming fisheries ...

As rising temperatures affect Alaskan rivers, effects ripple through ...

Changes in air temperature have had the biggest impact on streamflow in these Alaskan rivers. The average days above freezing in April and ...

Michael Rawlins, 2015 PEP Fellow, comments on possible changes ...

The Arctic Rivers face big changes with a warming climate, permafrost thaw and an accelerating water cycle- the effects will have global consequences.

Metal mobilization from thawing permafrost to aquatic ecosystems is ...

Climate change in the Arctic is altering watershed hydrologic processes and biogeochemistry. Here, we present an emergent threat to Arctic ...

Arctic river channels changing due to climate change - ScienceDaily

A team of international researchers monitoring the impact of climate change on large rivers in Arctic Canada and Alaska determined that, as the region is ...

Responding to the Effects of Climate Change on Subsistence in ...

In the Alaskan Arctic, the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas have undergone changes in ocean circulation, currents, water temperatures, and ...

Defining Urgent Problems: Climate Change and the Arctic | GJIA

Rapid warming in the Arctic is melting ice on land and in the water and thawing permafrost (frozen soil) with dramatic consequences for people ...

Climate change, water, and human health research in the Arctic

The Arctic is experiencing the fastest warming on the planet [1], [2], resulting in transformational changes to water systems with important implications for ...

Decades-long Arctic rivers study reveals widespread changes | NSF

"This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of temporal [time] patterns in water chemistry of the major Arctic rivers, and offers insights ...

Alaska | National Climate Assessment

Alaska has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the nation, bringing widespread impacts. Sea ice is rapidly receding and glaciers are shrinking.

As Canadian River Shrivels, Northern Communities Call for a Highway

A proposed highway could offer a lifeline as climate change further reduces flows, but the project faces big challenges in a warming Arctic.

Climate Change In The Arctic: An Inuit Reality - the United Nations

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) characterizes the circumpolar Arctic as the world's climate change barometer.

Climate Impacts in Alaska - US EPA

Warming in Alaska is already thawing permafrost, decreasing Arctic sea ice, changing ecosystems, and threatening the traditional livelihoods of ...

Consequences of climate change - European Commission

In some regions, extreme weather events and rainfall are becoming more common while others are experiencing more extreme heat waves and droughts. We need ...

Big Arctic Perils Seen in Warming - Slashdot

gollum123 wrote in with news of a new study of warming in the Arctic, showing that warming from greenhouse gases is causing vast changes in ...

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Increased Heat From Arctic Rivers Is Melting Sea Ice ... - SciTechDaily

According to the research, major Arctic rivers contribute significantly more heat to the Arctic Ocean than they did in 1980. River heat is ...

Chapter 3 — Global Warming of 1.5 ºC - IPCC

... climate change on humans and ecosystems. Anthropogenic-driven changes in aerosols cause important modifications to the global climate (Bindoff et al., 2013a ...

The Effects of Climate Change - NASA Science

Takeaways Earth Will Continue to Warm and the Effects Will Be Profound Global climate change is not a future problem. Changes to Earth's climate driven by ...

Melting Arctic rivers could unleash carbon equal to millions of cars

This potential release of carbon, as permafrost weakens and polar waterways expand, may trigger a feedback loop of warming, exacerbating the ...