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Article: Rivers run more slowly to the world's seas.(N)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 31, 2009
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By Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
The flow of water in the world's largest rivers has declined over the past half-century, with significant changes found in about a third of the big rivers.
An analysis of 925 major rivers from 1948 to 2004 showed a decline in total discharge. The drop in inflow to the Pacific Ocean alone was about equal to shutting off the Mississippi River, according to the study detailed in the May 15 American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate.
The only area with a significant rise is the Arctic, where warming is increasing snow and ice melt, said researchers led by Aiguo Dai of the National ...