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Arctic rivers face major changes due to a warming climate, permafrost melting, and an accelerating water cycle; impacts will have global consequences

As the Arctic warms, its major rivers are changing in ways that could have major consequences not only for the Arctic region but for the world as well. Rivers represent the land arm of the earth’s hydrological cycle. As rain and snow fall, rivers carry freshwater runoff as well as dissolved organic and particulate materials,… Read More »