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Why Antarctica's Coast Is Developing Even More Green Algae

2020-05-23 24 Dailymotion

Every summer, algal blooms blanket parts of the Antarctica Peninsula's coast.<br />Now, researchers say those blooms are likely to expand as climate change continues and Earth becomes progressively warmer.<br />According to HuffPost, British scientists have put together the first large-scale map of green algae across the area.<br />Green snow algae is found where summer temperatures are above freezing, but still cold enough for there to be snow.<br />It’s also more abundant in areas inhabited by animals like penguins and seals, whose feces fuel the algae’s growth.

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