Orange rivers signal toxic shift in Arctic wilderness
9mon 10d ago by piefed.social/u/hanrahan in climatecrisis@lemmy.ml from phys.org
In Alaska's Brooks Range, rivers once clear enough to drink now run orange and hazy with toxic metals. As warming thaws formerly frozen ground, it sets off a chemical chain reaction that is poisoning fish and wreaking havoc on ecosystems.
As the planet warms
I just hope that those effects being irreversible doesn't mean we're all fried.