Today, we are reminded to take a moment to contemplate the frozen rivers found on every continent but Australia. Nearly 200,000 glaciers, flanking mountains and flowing from ice sheets, provide fresh water to a billion people and the means to grow food to many more. These ancient sources of water, consistent for millennia, are shrinking …
The Arctic is undergoing a significant transformation as a result of climate change. A new NASA-led study has revealed that the ice melt is flooding one of the region’s significant ocean currents with fresh water.
While climate records are being routinely broken, the cumulative impact of these changes could also cause fundamental parts of the Earth system to change dramatically and irreversibly.
Scientists with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, U.S. Geological Survey and other institutions have documented 56 beaver complexes that have been built since 1999 along rivers and creeks in Arctic northwestern Alaska.
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