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Rivers Play Role in Arctic Sea Ice Melt

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Author:
Date: 2014-03-13 13:27:50
Blog: Geology.com News
URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Geologycom/~3/64DoEXsUQoE/rivers-play-role-in-arctic-sea-ice-melt.shtml

Summary:

“The heat from warm river waters draining into the Arctic Ocean is contributing to the melting of Arctic sea ice each summer. [...] NASA used satellite data to measure the surface temperature of the waters discharging from a Canadian river into the icy Beaufort Sea during the summer of 2012. They observed a sudden influx […]

Content analysis:

Stratigraphic context:

Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]:Canadian [1]
Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]:Lower Ordovician [0.5]
Ordovician [0.5]
Paleozoic [0.5]
Phanerozoic [0.5]
Tremadocian [0.1]

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
Warm RiverUS44.1206-111.321
Canadian RiverUS35.354-95.1479
Beaufort Sea72.4832-139.065

Keywords:

Arctic, Arctic Ocean, arctic sea ice, Canadian river, icy Beaufort Sea, melting, NASA, Rivers, Role, satellite data, Sea Ice Melt, sudden influx, summer, surface temperature, warm river waters

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