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Alpine streams are expected to face an intensification of environmental stressors due to climate change. Being at the interface of the vanishing cryosphere, alpine streams are particularly susceptible to increasing temperatures and to changing hydrology. A ...
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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022Past and future impacts of climate change on swiss river temperature and discharge investigated with data analysis and numerical modelling
This thesis presents the first large-scale assessment of past, present and future impacts of climate change on river temperatures in Switzerland. Water temperature is a crucial factor influencing, among others, the health of aquatic ecosystems, the industr ...
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The Qiangtang Basin is a large endorheic basin in the inner part of the Tibetan Plateau and has been thought to be a dry region in contrast with its wet surrounding outer region that feeds all the major Asian rivers. Combining surface hydrological data wit ...
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