Global warming has focused a lot of attention on climactic changes in the Arctic but new research is pointing to another factor that may be affecting Arctic waters and global water flows.Scientists are pinpointing a climactic phenomenon called Arctic Oscillation as the cause of an increased freshwater runoff into the Beaufort Sea from major Russian rivers.
An article in the Jan. 5 issue of the science magazine Nature points to a freshening of the Canada basin of the Arctic Ocean beginning in the 1990s and continuing until at least 2008.
Research finds water from Russian rivers increased water levels on Canadian side of Arctic Ocean
