Open AccessHow Can We Better Understand Low River Flows as Climate Changes?
Author(s) -
Indrani Pal,
L. Towler,
Ben Livneh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo033875
Subject(s) - climate change , ecosystem , process (computing) , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , environmental science , geography , economics , ecology , computer science , biology , operating system
When rivers run low, they threaten ecosystems, economies, and the communities who depend on them. Scientists need to determine how climate change alters this process, but to do so, they'll have to abandon a long-held assumption.