Researchers crack the ice to study the Arctic marine food web
Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 07:30
in Earth & Climate
Scientists traveled to a town near the top of the world to study a creature at the bottom of the marine food chain—microscopic sea ice algae. Welcome to Barrow, Alaska, where a team of marine ecologists gears up to hit the sea ice—desolate terrain that is actually teaming with marine life.