The Science of Mud in the Río de la Plata

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Issue Sep 24-30 2025: The Río de la Plata owes its characteristic brown color to a phenomenon little known by the public, but fundamental to understanding the dynamics of the estuary: flocculation. Although sediments have been studied in Uruguay for decades, this is the first time that this process has been directly measured in these waters.

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