The Ruki River ( )

#shorts #Ruki River #river #Dr Travis Drake #color The Ruki River is dark, almost black, and many rivers are dark, but few people outside Africa would even have heard of it. The Ruki, in contrast, has a huge discharge much greater than the Rhine. ETH Zurich scientists discover that the Ruki gets its color from dissolved organic compounds (DOCs) in its waters, which comes from peat bogs along the river’s banks. If carbon in these bogs were to escape, eventually reaching the atmosphere, it would become a major additional driver of global heating. The team also discovers that the river is rich in organic acids that can dissolve carbonates and release carbon dioxide, but does not release as much CO 2 as other tropical rivers.

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