Alaska's Pristine Waterways Are Turning Orange

[laktak]

https://www.sciencealert.com/alaskas-pristine-waterways-are-turning-a-shocking-orange

[tifik]

Eerily reminiscent of 'badwater' from the game Timberborn. Especially in the second image.

[e-brake]

As seen on HN

Why are Alaska's rivers turning orange? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39123276

Why Are Alaska's Rivers Turning Orange? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38757610

Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34209889

Alaska's rusting waters: Pristine rivers and streams turning orange https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40432495

Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34268143

[temporarely → e-brake]

heads-up, only the first link has actual comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39123276

[dzdt]

This is one of those unknowns that climate scientists couldn't predict: melting permafrost is releasing minerals that have been locked in place for thousands of years.