Arctic rivers 'flowing faster'

[Dead_Parrot]

The amount of fresh water entering the Arctic Ocean from the rivers that feed it is increasing, UK scientists report.

Writing in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, they say the increase is caused in part by human activities and is an early sign of climate change.

The rise in fresh water entering the Arctic Ocean could change the global distribution of water, the team says.

It could also affect the balance of the climate system itself and even possibly alter the behaviour of the Gulf Stream.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4190997.stm

British DUers: Get your mittens out...

[illflem]

1. Another thing you don't hear much about

is how warming is causing the permafrost in the Arctic to melt. When this happens the eons of accumulated organic matter breaks down releasing CO2 into the environment thus further speeding climate change.

[slor]

3. I have read that as bad as the CO2 is...

that the Methane released from bogs that were typically frozen, has 25 times the heat-trapping ability as CO2.

[izzie]

2. PBC had a story on a few weeks back about a town

that was just falling into the water because of all this. In Alaska

[StClone]

4. In John Krakauer's Book "Into the Wild"

Christopher McCandless may have lost his life in his enthusiasm to live in the Alaskan wilds. He was caught unaware when unusually rapid melt off occurred to trap and starve him into ingesting toxic plants.

[Nihil]

5. TRhwe proiblkewm ius .,..,

> British DUers: Get your mittens out...

IUt'as dfifficu;lyt tyo typre ion m,itternds ...,

:silly:

[umass1993]

6. Dead_Parrot you handle make me laugh..

"the parrot is deceased, expired, ... it is a former parrot!"