The reason for the change in color was as alarming as its hue: The waters are rusting. As permafrost melts, long-stored acids and metals—including iron—are released into rivers, where they interact with oxygen, turning the water from clear blue to a milky orange, according to new research in the journal Communications: Earth and Environment.
The impact:
That cost goes deeper than the rivers’ orange, turbid surface. The contaminated waters aren’t healthy for fish and the aquatic insects they eat, which threatens fisheries that local communities and wildlife rely on.
So we are seeing more and more of the outcomes of the climate catastrophe. I don't know what it will take for regulators to make the climate change impact their primary priority. At what point will the frog know that the water is hot enough.
> I don't know what it will take for regulators to make the climate change impact their primary priority. At what point will the frog know that the water is hot enough.
We vote parties and persons that have other priorities.
