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Arctic rivers heat up the ocean and shrink sea ice • Earth.com – Earth.com
The study has revealed that Arctic rivers are contributing much more to the warming Ocean than they did in 1980.
In a new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, researchers have found that rivers are dumping heat into the Arctic Ocean that is melting sea ice and warming the atmosphere. The study has revealed that Arctic rivers are contributing much more to the warming Ocean than they did in 1980.
The researchers report that the heat from Arctic rivers is responsible for up to 10 percent of the total sea ice loss that occurred from 1980 to 2015 over the shelf region of the Arctic Ocean. This loss is…
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