"Many scientists and models have suggested that if the water cycle is intensifying because of climate change, then we should be seeing increasing riverflow."
许多科学家根据模型模拟得出,如果水循环因气候变化加剧的话,河流的水量将会增加。
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Researchers looked at records of riverflow in 925 big rivers from 1948 to 2004, finding significant changes in about a third of the world's largest rivers.
As a result, the waters of the Snake Riverflow to the Pacific Ocean, while those of the Yellowstone find their way to the Atlantic Ocean via the Gulf of Mexico.