Strange green ice seen floating in Antarctica's Ross Sea

No, Antarctica isn't busting out the green beer for St. Patrick's Day. But a new satelliteimage of the continent shows strange green ice floating in the Ross Sea. The green-tinged ice is probably the work of phytoplankton, marine glaciologist Jan Lieserof Australia's Antarctic Climate...

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Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Purch 2017
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Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115268
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Summary:No, Antarctica isn't busting out the green beer for St. Patrick's Day. But a new satelliteimage of the continent shows strange green ice floating in the Ross Sea. The green-tinged ice is probably the work of phytoplankton, marine glaciologist Jan Lieserof Australia's Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center told NASA'sEarth Observatory, which released the image yesterday (March 9).