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Rusting Rivers: Alarm Grows Over Uptick in Acidic Arctic Waters 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 im...

"What scientists do know is that the chemistry behind this rusting is inextricably linked to the climate-induced thawing of permafrost"

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Orange rivers and melting glaciers: federal report shows rapid change in the Arctic — NPR This year's Arctic Report Card from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finds that the northernmost part of the Earth is warming faster than the global average, leading to melting glac...

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