Friday, 25 October 2019

Pouring Cold Waters?

Researchers in Canada have established that the cold, relatively lifeless waters of glacial rivers actually remove more carbon from the atmosphere than a comparable area of rainforest (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/25/scientists-glacial-rivers-absorb-carbon-faster-rainforests). This suggests that there is yet another downside for the disappearing glaciers.

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