This “rusting rivers” phenomenon, documented across the Brooks Range in northern Alaska, provides a striking example of climate change impacts in a region which is warming faster than the global average, the report states.
Rapid Change During the Two Decades
NOAA has released the report for the past 20 years to track rapid changes in the planet’s northernmost region. Matthew Druckenmiller, the lead editor of this year’s report, told NPR that the past two decades have brought rapid environmental changes to the region. During this period, the most recent year…
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