Tag: greenhouse gas feedbacks
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Rusting Rivers: How Arctic Warming Is Transforming Rivers with Iron Fe from Permafrost
What is happening to Arctic rivers? New research shows a striking and alarming side of climate change: hundreds of rivers and streams across the Arctic are turning bright red-orange. This color change isn’t caused by pollution or a dye spill. Instead, it results from naturally occurring iron being released as the long-frozen ground thaws. Scientists…
