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The photos make it look similar to other instances of mining runoff. How do they rule out runoff from current or past activities and attribute it so confidently
by blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
The photos make it look similar to other instances of mining runoff. How do they rule out runoff from current or past activities and attribute it so confidently to permafrost melting?
- dougb5 2y agoFrom the linked research: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01446-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01446-z "Nearly all orange streams occur in remote areas, tens to hundreds of kilometers from land-use impacts such as mining or roads... Importantly, while Alaska has an extensive mining history, our observations of orange streams are not downstream of any mines and are mostly within protected lands"