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 the ...

Alaska's rivers are turning bright orange, and scientists are working to figure out exactly why. In recent years, scientists have observed streams and rivers that have turned a vibrant orange color ...

For the first time, a large team of scientists from across North America has formed a clear picture of Alaska's 'rusting' rivers and streams, closely tracking 75 areas in the remote Brooks Range that ...

In recent years, the typical purples, blues and greens that color Alaska’s tundra ecosystems have been cut through with an unexpected hue as rivers run orange. The phenomenon was first widely noted by ...

Across Arctic Alaska, once-clear rivers are shifting to a startling rust color, a visible scar of a warming climate etched ...

Dozens of Alaska’s most remote streams and rivers are turning from a crystal clear blue into a cloudy orange, and the staining could be the result of minerals exposed by thawing permafrost, new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arctic rivers flowing through Alaska are increasingly turning orange as wildfires, thawing permafrost and other factors contribute ...

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