As climate change warms rivers, they are running out of breath – and so could the plants and animals they harbor
- Written by Li Li (李黎), Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State
The Potomac River spills over Great Falls west of Washington, D.C..Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesAs climate change warms rivers, they are losing dissolved oxygen from their water. This process, which is called deoxygenation, was already known to be occurring in large bodies of water, like oceans and lakes. A study that...





