Glaciers are huge white ice masses that can reflect a lot of sunlight. However, especially where the glaciers are not covered ...

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...

Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of the ...

An undersea wonderland some 80 miles off the New England coast that bursts with a biodiversity so bountiful that it’s dubbed ...

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier surface and can thus accelerate its melting.Tiny algae darken the surface of ...

Initially believed to be a cold, arid grassland, the stretch more resembled the modern-day Yukon-Kuskokwim floodplain.

The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier surface and can thus accelerate its melting.

Researchers found that Greenland’s ice algae store phosphorus, allowing them to expand and darken ice surfaces, reducing ...

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 climate warming. “These algae are ...

For Angela Chalmers a regular dip in the North sea is as inspiring as it is invigorating. As the choppy waters roll over the ...