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Published online 6 April 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060403-9
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Arctic water flow speeding up
Measures of rain, snow and runoff in Siberia show hefty changes.
One of Siberia's largest rivers is dumping about 10% more fresh water into the Arctic today than it was some 60 years ago, thanks to the complex effects of increased snowfall, melting permafrost and changing weather.
The result is in line with predictions of how climate change is expected to alter the Arctic water cycle, and is a worrying sign in terms of maintaining important ocean currents.
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