Alarming increase in flow of water into oceans due to global warming, accelerated cycle of evaporation, precipitation
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 5 October, 2010
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Freshwater is flowing into Earth's oceans in greater amounts every year, a team of researchers has found, thanks to more frequent and extreme storms linked to global warming. All told, 18 percent more water fed into the world's oceans from rivers and melting polar ice sheets in 2006 than in 1994, with an average annual rise of 1.5 percent....