Climate change has thawed permafrost and increased rainfall in the Far North, producing sulfuric acid that is turning rivers and lakes yellow or rusty orange. Scientists are scrambling to parse the impacts on wildlife, fish, and the drinking water of Indigenous communities.
  • P00ptart@lemmy.worldOP
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    23 days ago

    In just 2 years a river an ecologist once called “the cleanest river he’d ever seen” turned off the charts toxic. It’s wild to me that they keep talking about the year 2100. Or even 2050 at this point.