In a study published in the EGU journal The Cryosphere, Regime shifts in Arctic terrestrial hydrology manifested from impacts of climate warming, Ambarish Karmalkar and I investigated how water cycle intensification and permafrost thaw will continue to alter the Arctic’s terrestrial water cycle. We focused on future projection of the affects of climate warming and the associated manifestations on runoff and river discharge. We simultaneously published a piece in The Conversation that focuses on ecosystem impacts, described in language useful for broader audiences. The UMass news release has additional details on the published study.

In a recent paper in The Cryosphere, Ambarish Karmalkar (formerly in the Climate System Research Center, now at U Rhode Island) and I describe projected changes in runoff and river discharge across the pan-Arctic drainage basin. In a related piece in The Conversation we describe the results for broader audiences, concluding that “At the coast, changing river flows will also affect the plants, animals and Indigenous populations that call the region home. For them and for the global climate, our study’s findings highlight the need to closely watch how the Arctic is being transformed and take steps to mitigate the effects.”