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Mysterious Microbes Turning Polar Ice Pink, Speeding Up Melt

Mysterious Microbes Turning Polar Ice Pink, Speeding Up Melt

SOURCE: National Geographic DATE: September 14, 2018 SNIP: A surprisingly happy and healthy ecosystem of algae is not only turning parts of the Greenland ice sheet pinkish-red, it’s contributing more than a little to the melting of one of the biggest frozen bodies of...
Sea ice algae blooms in the dark

Sea ice algae blooms in the dark

SOURCE: AAAS EurekAlert DATE: February 6, 2018 SNIP: Researchers from Aarhus University have measured a new world record: Small ice algae on the underside of the Arctic sea ice live and grow at a light level corresponding to only 0.02% of the light at the surface of...