Freezing in the Sun
When the air is very cold, water at the surface of the ocean freezes, forming sea ice. Parts of the Arctic Ocean are covered by sea ice during the entire year. Often, snow falls onto the sea ice. Despite the cold, many plants and animals can live in the Arctic Ocean, some in the water, and some even...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:525914 2023-05-15T14:53:59+02:00 Freezing in the Sun Castellani, Giulia Veyssiere, Gaelle Kauker, F. Karcher, M. Stroeve, J. Wilkinson, J.P. Flores, H. Nicolaus, M. 2020-11-26 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525914/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525914/1/frym-08-509101.pdf https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2020.509101 en eng Frontiers Media S.A. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525914/1/frym-08-509101.pdf Castellani, Giulia; Veyssiere, Gaelle; Kauker, F.; Karcher, M.; Stroeve, J.; Wilkinson, J.P.; Flores, H.; Nicolaus, M. 2020 Freezing in the Sun. Frontiers for Young Minds, 8, 509101. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.509101 <https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.509101> cc_by_4 CC-BY Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.509101 2023-02-04T19:49:39Z When the air is very cold, water at the surface of the ocean freezes, forming sea ice. Parts of the Arctic Ocean are covered by sea ice during the entire year. Often, snow falls onto the sea ice. Despite the cold, many plants and animals can live in the Arctic Ocean, some in the water, and some even in the sea ice. Particularly, algae can live in small bubbles in the sea ice. Like other plants, algae need energy to grow. This energy comes from food and sunlight. But how can the sunlight reach these little algae living inside the sea ice? From the sun, the light must pass through the atmosphere, the snow, and finally the sea ice itself. In this article, we describe how ice algae can live in this special environment and we explain what influences how much light reaches the algae to make them grow. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean ice algae Sea ice Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Arctic Arctic Ocean Frontiers for Young Minds 8 |
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When the air is very cold, water at the surface of the ocean freezes, forming sea ice. Parts of the Arctic Ocean are covered by sea ice during the entire year. Often, snow falls onto the sea ice. Despite the cold, many plants and animals can live in the Arctic Ocean, some in the water, and some even in the sea ice. Particularly, algae can live in small bubbles in the sea ice. Like other plants, algae need energy to grow. This energy comes from food and sunlight. But how can the sunlight reach these little algae living inside the sea ice? From the sun, the light must pass through the atmosphere, the snow, and finally the sea ice itself. In this article, we describe how ice algae can live in this special environment and we explain what influences how much light reaches the algae to make them grow. |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525914/1/frym-08-509101.pdf Castellani, Giulia; Veyssiere, Gaelle; Kauker, F.; Karcher, M.; Stroeve, J.; Wilkinson, J.P.; Flores, H.; Nicolaus, M. 2020 Freezing in the Sun. Frontiers for Young Minds, 8, 509101. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.509101 <https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2020.509101> |
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