Due to the thickness and reflectivity of ice in the Arctic, however, scientists had long assumed that it would be impossible for such significant algae blooms to occur there. The green color of ...

Scientists often rely on long-term observations for these types ... Williamson is part of a five-year project investigating the impact of ice algae, which is different than snow algae, and ...

Biologists searched for ice algae, which look like dirt and live on ... dismisses any notion that they could survive long-term on land as “wishful thinking.” Ice-free conditions are likely ...

“So it’s been a continuing theme of low ice all winter long.” Experts at the lab say ... You may certainly get some algae floating up on the beaches and of course they will be in response ...