Contrary to what one might think, today’s record levels of fresh water in the Beaufort Sea did not come from melting ice From the University of Washington press release: The new findings show that a low pressure pattern created by the Arctic Oscillation from 2005 to 2008 drew Russian river water away from the Eurasian [...]
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Tagged: Alan Buis, Arctic Ocean, Arctic Oscillation, Beaufort Sea, Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz, Eurasian, fresh water, freshwater, grace, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, ICESat, Ignatius Rigor, James Morison, Matt Alkire, Mike Steele, river, Roger Andersen, Ron Kwok, Russian, salinity, Sandra Hines