Open AccessFreshwater systems threatened, report charges
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo083i007p00062-03
Subject(s) - threatened species , wetland , climate change , geography , environmental science , extreme weather , climatology , meteorology , ecology , oceanography , geology , habitat , biology
U.S. freshwater systems, including lakes, rivers, and wetlands, may face serious threats from temperature increases and weather pattern variations projected for the coming century according to a 29 January report by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.