New analysis integrating data from satellites, river gauges and hydrologic models reveals Arctic rivers are discharging much more water than previously thought AMHERST, Mass. — A civil and ...

Arctic rivers wind through remote tundra and boreal forests, freezing solid in winter and surging each spring with snowmelt, eventually emptying into the ocean. Runoff—water that does not soak into ...

A team of international researchers have found that the rivers in Arctic Canada and Alaska are not behaving as expected in response to the warming climate. The study focused on large rivers in the ...

The numbness in my feet had made its way up both legs and now I could no longer feel my calf muscles. After 15 minutes of standing in the glacial waters of the Kalutagiaq River I had to make a ...

When scientists Patrick Sullivan and Roman Dial were heading to a remote area in the Brooks Range in 2019 to map the spread of woody plants there, they were looking forward to seeing a celebrated ...

The figure shows the delta of the river Lena, one of the largest rivers in the world. The river is visible in bright yellow, as it splits and divides into many different channels before meandering ...