Climate change can cause loss of important ice dynamics in streams

Monday, February 16, 2015 - 08:30 in Earth & Climate

In her thesis, Lovisa Lind shows that ice and winter floods are important natural disturbances for maintaining species-rich riparian zones along northern watercourses. If the climate becomes warmer this disturbance might be lost. This could potentially lead to a less diverse riparian zone. She defends her thesis at Umeå University on Friday 27 February.

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