Colorado River's dead clams tell tales of carbon emission

ENN
Oct 28, 2016, 5:09 pm20 pts
Scientists have begun to account for the topsy-turvy carbon cycle of the Colorado River delta – once a massive green estuary of grassland, marshes and cottonwood, now desiccated dead land.“We’ve done a lot in the United States to alter water systems, to dam them. The river irrigates our crops and makes…

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