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Algae growing on snow found to cause ice field to melt faster in Alaska

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2017-09-19

A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.S. has found that algae growing on packed snow causes the snow to melt faster. In their paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the team describes testing the impact of algae growing on snow and measuring its impact on an Alaskan ice field.

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https://phys.org/news/2017-09-algae-ice-field-faster-alaska.html