Freshwater content of upper Arctic Ocean increased 20 percent since 1990s, large-scale assessment finds
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 15:32
in Earth & Climate
The freshwater content of the upper Arctic Ocean has increased by about 20 percent since the 1990s, according to a new large-scale assessment. This corresponds to a rise of approximately 8,400 cubic kilometres and has the same magnitude as the volume of freshwater annually exported on average from this marine region in liquid or frozen form.