Happy Saint Paddy's Day?! Algae turns Antarctic ice green

Luck of the Irish? NASAs Operational Land Imager (OLI) has releasedphotos of a huge patch of Antarctic ice that has turned a spectral shade ofgreen.The colorful ice is located at Granite Harbor in southern Antarctica, and spans a 16-mile(26 km) stretch. The pale green hue comes from wisps of algae t...

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Main Author: Lieser, JL
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: sputniknews.com 2017
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified
Antarctic
Granite Harbor
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/115321
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Summary:Luck of the Irish? NASAs Operational Land Imager (OLI) has releasedphotos of a huge patch of Antarctic ice that has turned a spectral shade ofgreen.The colorful ice is located at Granite Harbor in southern Antarctica, and spans a 16-mile(26 km) stretch. The pale green hue comes from wisps of algae trapped under a layerof slushy sea ice.Marine glaciologist Jan Lieser with Australia's Antarctic Climate and EcosystemsCooperative Research Center explained that the "green color is caused by phytoplanktonat the water's surface that have discolored the sea ice."

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