Wild, picturesque and increasingly rusty – NASA Science0

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• July 13, 2026

From declining annual sea ice extent to greening tundra, environmental change has been gradually unfolding in the Arctic for decades. However, some changes have come more abruptly. Satellite, aerial and ground surveys spanning more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) along Alaska’s Brooks Range have observed stream water changing from clear to orange in more than