Click the link to access the report on the Science website (Hong Wang, Junguo Liu, Megan Klaar, Aifang Chen, Luka Gudmundsson, and Joseph Holden). Here’s the editor’s summary:
February 27, 2024
Editor’s summary
Patterns of river flow vary seasonally, which has important effects on the occurrence of floods and droughts, degrees of water security, and ecology. What is anthropogenic climate change doing to these seasonal cycles? Wang et al. used in situ observations of monthly average river flow from 1965 to 2014, combined with modeling, to show that human effects on climate have already caused a reduction of river flow seasonality at latitudes above 50° N. Understanding these changes is necessary for ensuring that freshwater ecosystems maintain their essential functions, for securing sustainable water resources, and for determining allocations for irrigation or hydropower generation. —H. Jesse Smith
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