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Happy Saint Paddy’s Day?! Algae turns Antarctic ice green
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Lieser, JL, Happy Saint Paddy's Day?! Algae turns Antarctic ice green, Sputnik International, sputniknews.com, 15 March (2017) [Media Interview]
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Abstract
Luck of the Irish? NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) has released
photos of a huge patch of Antarctic ice that has turned a spectral shade of
green.
The colorful ice is located at Granite Harbor in southern Antarctica, and spans a 16-mile
(26 km) stretch. The pale green hue comes from wisps of algae trapped under a layer
of slushy sea ice.
Marine glaciologist Jan Lieser with Australia's Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems
Cooperative Research Center explained that the "green color is caused by phytoplankton
at the water's surface that have discolored the sea ice."
Item Details
Item Type: | Media Interview |
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Keywords: | Antarctic, sea ice, phytoplankton |
Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
Research Group: | Physical geography and environmental geoscience |
Research Field: | Physical geography and environmental geoscience not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
Objective Group: | Understanding climate change |
Objective Field: | Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts) |
UTAS Author: | Lieser, JL (Dr Jan Lieser) |
ID Code: | 115321 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | CRC-Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems |
Deposited On: | 2017-03-16 |
Last Modified: | 2017-03-16 |
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