Green ice spotted in Antarctica's Ross Sea triggers new expedition for April

On March 5th, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) aboard the Landsat 8 snapped a few stunning pictures of Granite Harbor,Antarctica. This cove close to the Ross Sea sports an unusual shade of green slush ice, which was probably formed byphytoplankton trapped in freezing waters, marine glaciologist Jan...

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Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: ZME Science LLC 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
Granite Harbor
Ross Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115290
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Summary:On March 5th, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) aboard the Landsat 8 snapped a few stunning pictures of Granite Harbor,Antarctica. This cove close to the Ross Sea sports an unusual shade of green slush ice, which was probably formed byphytoplankton trapped in freezing waters, marine glaciologist Jan Lieser of Australias Antarctic Climate and EcosystemsCooperative Research Center told NASAs Earth Observatory.

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