The result is in line with predictions of how climate change is expected to alter the Arctic water cycle, and is a worrying ... found that the average winter snow depth there has doubled to ...

The Arctic’s water cycle is also ramping up as temperatures rise, meaning more precipitation, evaporation, plant transpiration and river discharge. This is primarily due to a warmer atmosphere ...

Arctic sea ice follows a seasonal cycle ... the long-term average over winter. Sub-zero temperatures dominated in the Arctic over winter, causing the ocean water to freeze and form sea ice.

The thawing is also intensifying the Arctic's water cycle -- the continuous loop of precipitation, runoff and evaporation that, in part, determines a region's environment. The upper part of the ...

Shrubs have become more abundant in the Arctic over the past 30 years ... preventing some subsurface water from freezing even during winter. This effect alters and boosts the winter activity ...

Arctic sea ice, made of frozen seawater floating in the ocean, usually expands in the cold winter months ... this by putting ice cubes in a glass of water and letting them melt.) ...

They point out that higher emissions of greenhouse gases, caused by human activities, are expected to intensify the hydrological cycle in the Arctic, with higher precipitation there balanced by a ...