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Posts Tagged ‘Rivers’

Submit observations to improve river breakup forecasts

By Heather McFarland | April 23, 2021

Spring has arrived in Alaska, which means it is time to submit your observations of river ice breakup. Photos of changing ice conditions provide valuable information used by the National…

Rivers melt Arctic ice, warming air and ocean

By Heather McFarland | November 6, 2020

A new study shows that increased heat from Arctic rivers is melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean and warming the atmosphere. The study published this week in Science Advances was led…

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