The mystery of Antarctica's GREEN ice: NASA images reveal strange phenomenon caused by plankton

• Main Author: Lieser, JL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Associated Newspapers Ltd 2017
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified; Granite Harbor; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115267

The green ice emerged in Antarctica's Granite Harbor - a cove near the Ross Sea.Phytoplankton at the water's surface is discoloring the sea ice to a green color.They typically flourish in waters around Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere's spring and summer whenthe sea ice edges rec...