{"id":30876,"date":"2023-03-10T15:15:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=30876"},"modified":"2023-03-10T15:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:15:38","slug":"effects-climate-change-arctic-rivers-monitored-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/effects-climate-change-arctic-rivers-monitored-scientists\/30876\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of climate change on Arctic rivers monitored by scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"
The team investigating the effects of climate change on large rivers in permafrost regions found that as temperatures rise, rivers are moving unpredictably.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe western Arctic is one of the areas in the world experiencing the sharpest atmospheric warming due to climate change,\u201d said Dr Alessandro Ielpi, an Assistant Professor with UBC Okanagan\u2019s Irving K Barber Faculty of Science.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMany northern scientists predicted the rivers would be destabilised by atmospheric warming. The understanding was that as permafrost thaws, riverbanks are weakened, and therefore northern rivers are less stable and expected to shift their channel positions at a faster pace.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Faster channel migration has been a predicted theory for many decades, based on the potential effects of climate change.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n