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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
As climate change warms rivers, they are running out of breath – and so could the plants and animals they harborThe Potomac River spills over Great Falls west of Washington, D.C..Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

As 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...

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