31.12.2022

Wired:
Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange


The phenomenon threatens local drinking water, and scientists think climate change may be the culprit.

Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running bright orange and cloudy, and in some cases they are becoming more acidic. This otherwise undeveloped landscape now looks as if an industrial mine has been in operation for decades, and scientists want to know why.

 


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