Climate change drives warming in the Hudson River Estuary, New York (USA).

@article{Seekell2011ClimateCD,
  title={Climate change drives warming in the Hudson River Estuary, New York (USA).},
  author={David A. Seekell and Michael L. Pace},
  journal={Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM},
  year={2011},
  volume={13 8},
  pages={
          2321-7
        }
}
  • D. Seekell, M. Pace
  • Published 3 August 2011
  • Environmental Science
  • Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM
Estuaries may be subject to warming due to global climate change but few studies have considered the drivers or seasonality of warming empirically. We analyzed temperature trends and rates of temperature change over time for the Hudson River estuary using long-term data, mainly from daily measures taken at the Poughkeepsie Water Treatment Facility. This temperature record is among the longest in the world for a river or estuary. The Hudson River has warmed 0.945 °C since 1946. Many of the… 
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