Antarctic ice turns green as St. Patrick's Day approaches

NASA's Earth Observatory has released an intriguing image of green-tinged ice in Antartica's Granite Harbor, a cove near the Ross Sea.The image prompted NASA to clarify that this was not a huge St. Patrick's Day stunt to dye the water green, but rather the result of phytoplankton bein...

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Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: RedOrbit.com 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
Granite Harbor
Antarc*
antartic*
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115291
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Summary:NASA's Earth Observatory has released an intriguing image of green-tinged ice in Antartica's Granite Harbor, a cove near the Ross Sea.The image prompted NASA to clarify that this was not a huge St. Patrick's Day stunt to dye the water green, but rather the result of phytoplankton being attached to the ice.

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