Rivers and streams in Alaska are changing color – from a clean, clear blue to a rusty orange – because of the toxic metals released by thawing permafrost, according to a new study. The finding ...

Alaska's Rusting Rivers: The Alarming Impact of Permafrost Thaw on Arctic Rivers O'Donnell first observed this phenomenon in 2018, in a river that had been crystal clear a year earlier.

Researchers for years have been baffled as rivers and streams across Alaska turned orange, but new research points to climate change as an answer. Scientists suspect the drastic color change is ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing [email protected] Alaska's rivers are turning bright orange, and scientists are working to figure out exactly why. In recent ...

(CNN) — Rivers and streams in Alaska are changing color – from a clean, clear blue to a rusty orange – because of the toxic metals released by thawing permafrost, according to a new study.