Human-Caused Climate Change Reroutes Entire River for First Time on Record

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By Oil Change InternationalApr 18, 2017, 9:24 am66 pts
By Andy Rowell New research published in the journal Nature Geoscience Monday outlines the first documented case in modern times of what is being called "river piracy," in which one huge river suddenly flows into another. On a research trip last summer in Canada's remote Yukon territory, scientists found that…

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