Each year, as spring arrives in the Arctic, the sun's warmth triggers a transformation on the Greenland ice sheet. Snow melts, and patches of brownish algae bloom on the ice surface. These microscopic ...

Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will exacerbate melt, sea level rise and warming. “These algae are not a new ...

Meters of snow blanket the sea ice and block incoming light ... During spring bloom, an upsurge in photosynthesizing algae and other microbes kick-starts the Arctic ecosystem, fueling a yearly ...

The disappearance of ice-algae can have profound implications for the entire marine ecosystem. Many species in the Arctic are highly specialized, having evolved over millennia to thrive in their ...

A recent study finds that algae can store nutrients, potentially allowing them to spread across more of the ice sheet, ...

It is common knowledge that Arctic cleanup work is challenging and expensive. Long distances, hard-to-access areas, scattered ...

Last month was extreme: Temperatures in parts of the Arctic spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its lowest level ever recorded for ...

Arctic sea ice has now dipped to its second lowest extent ... That is bad news for the wildlife such as plankton, algae, ...

Resilient Algae May Speed Up Greenland Ice Melt ... New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic's Melting Ice Feb. 10, 2025 — Researchers have designed an alternative, autonomous observational ...

This data, which combines the extent of sea ice from the Arctic and Antarctic, has records that date back to the late 1970s. Previously, 2023 held the record low for global ice following decades ...