Um, how did the minerals get frozen under all the ice in the first place?
Alaskan rivers turning orange due to climate change, study finds
Dozens of rivers and streams in Alaska are turning rusty orange, a likely consequence of thawing permafrost, a new study finds.
Wait, likely? It is or isn’t. Shouldn’t a scientific study determine the causation? Wasn’t that the point? Not to say “we feel” and “sure, why not”? This isn’t like a hypothesis of the mechanics of a black hole. They can actually go there and do Science.
The Arctic is the fastest-warming region in the globe, and as the frozen ground below the surface melts, minerals once locked away in that soil are now seeping into waterways.
“It’s an unforeseen impact of climate change that we’re seeing in some of the most pristine rivers in our country,” said Brett Poulin, study author and assistant professor of environmental toxicology at University of California Davis.
That’s weird, because they tell us everywhere is the fast place. Regardless of whether this is happening, it doesn’t prove anthropogenic causation
The rusting is a seasonal phenomenon, occurring in the summer typically during July and August, when the soil is thawed the deepest. The researchers at the National Park Service, US Geological Survey and University of California Davis now want to better understand the long-term implications of the changing water chemistry in places with continuous permafrost, which includes Arctic regions such as Alaska, Canada, Russia and parts of Scandinavia.
Did this happen during previous Holocene warm periods? That’s rather a necessary comparison to practice science.
All in the Brooks range. Good thing no one lives there. Seriously. NO ONE. It is an uninhabited wasteland that alternates between spongy in the Summer and Frozen solid in the Winter.
In this print edition of Denier Weekly Prof Teach asks: Wait, likely? It is or isn’t. Shouldn’t a scientific study determine the causation?
The scientists measured metal ions in Alaskan streams. Observation: it’s one of the things that scientists do. They report results and then hypothesize about the meaning. Multiple studies, even in Alaska, demonstrate that the permafrost is melting.
Rarely would a credible scientist claim their result(s) proved a point.
Said Mr Teach, addressing rapid warming in the Arctic: That’s weird, because they tell us everywhere is the fast place.
“They” tell us the Arctic is warming the fastest.
Dr Professor Teach opines: Did this happen during previous Holocene warm periods? That’s rather a necessary comparison to practice science.
Maybe they could check the satellite images from 8000 BCE.
A commenter whines about the scientists looking at streams in the Brooks Range, you know, where the permafrost roams…
Golly, another C&P with some stupidity as filler.
Thanks Karen (aka Rimjob)
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