Rivers Heating Up With Warming

Image: Rivers that flow near U.S. cities, as the Delaware River, shown here, are warming at the fastest rate. Getty Images

From Discovery News:

Twenty major U.S. streams and rivers have warmed significantly over the last few decades, according to new research.

Along with warmer air and warmer oceans, rivers also seem to be heating up with global warming. Across the United States, a new study found, water temperatures in some rivers have risen by more than 3 degrees Celsius in the last few decades.

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