Cosmopolitan snow algae accelerate the melting of Arctic glaciers
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 10:31
in Earth & Climate
The role of red pigmented snow algae in melting Arctic glaciers has been strongly underestimated, suggests a study. The new work shows a 13 percent reduction of the albedo over the course of one melting season caused by red-pigmented snow algal blooms.