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Dozens of rivers and streams in Alaska are turning rusty orange, a likely consequence of thawing permafrost, a new study finds.

The Arctic is the fastest-warming region in the globe, and as the frozen ground below the surface melts, minerals once locked away in that soil are now seeping into waterways.

“It’s an unforeseen impact of climate change that we’re seeing in some of the most pristine rivers in our country,” said Brett Poulin, study author and assistant professor of environmental toxicology at University of California Davis.

The permafrost thaw is exposing minerals to oxygen in a process known as weathering, which increases the acidity of the water and dissolves metals like zinc, copper, cadmium and iron – the most apparent metal that gives the rivers a rusty color visible even from satellite images. The study highlights the potential degradation of drinking water and risk to fisheries in the Arctic.

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[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's an opportunity for the free market to harvest the newly found resources at a fraction of the cost! Imagine the shares value!

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well if the minerals can be filtered out without messing with nature that would be pretty sweet actually

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

We'll let marketing and pr handle this. As long as it profitable

[–] spriteblood@kbin.social 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pollution, climate change, unchecked capitalism, VR headsets... I'd say we're just a few decades out from a dystopian cyberpunk era

[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Don't forget the global rise of fascism, joy!

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

The icing on the shit cake!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

America the Beautiful doesn't have a line about orange rivers, but it already has purple mountains and amber grain, so I say we add it.

[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

"Forming a criminal organisation" is a bit of overkill on Germany's part. Unless, ofc, their corporate overlords decided that was the right call.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

and iron – the most apparent metal that gives the rivers a rusty color visible even from satellite images.

In other words, the rusty color is caused by literal rust? Why not just say the rivers are turned orange due to rust in the water? (Or iron oxide if you want to sound fancy)

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Rust in the water might suggest manmade metal was responsible for the rust.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It shouldn't. Iron is one of the most common elements on earth.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The man died because of a kinetic interaction with a small piece of element 82 (pb if you want to be fancy) vs The man was shot

The specifics of the mechanism is less important than why it happened.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

The specifics of the mechanism is less important than why it happened.

That's exactly what I'm saying though.

"The river turned a rusty color" doesn't really explain anything. I'm not asking for more complexity here, I'm suggesting that less complexity may also be more informative.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Because Google penalizes you for being concise. Just vomiting out more words is an easy way to improve your SEO.