Emerging dominance of summer rainfall driving High Arctic terrestrial-aquatic connectivity

C. R. Beel; J. K. Heslop; J. F. Orwin; M. A. Pope; A. J. Schevers; J. K. Y. Hung; M. J. Lafrenière; S. F. Lamoureux

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21759-3

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Emerging dominance of summer rainfall driving High Arctic terrestrial-aquatic connectivity

C. R. Beel,
J. K. Heslop,
J. F. Orwin,
M. A. Pope,
A. J. Schevers,
J. K. Y. Hung,
M. J. Lafrenière,
S. F. Lamoureux

Affiliations

C. R. Beel: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
J. K. Heslop: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
J. F. Orwin: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
M. A. Pope: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
A. J. Schevers: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
J. K. Y. Hung: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
M. J. Lafrenière: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
S. F. Lamoureux: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21759-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Climate warming is causing annual Arctic fluvial energy budgets to shift seasonality from snowmelt-dominated to snowmelt- and rainfall-dominated hydrological regimes, enhancing late summer and fall terrestrial-aquatic connectivity and higher material fluxes.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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