For the first time, scientists have discovered extensive blooms of phytoplankton under Arctic Ocean ice, contradicting the widely held conviction that such blooms could not occur under sea ice that blocked the sun’s rays from triggering the blooms. Sci…
Tags: · Arctic, Climate Change, NASA, Oceans, phytoplankton
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
As debates about climate change — does it exist and how serious is it? – rage on, many scientists continue to uncover more and more evidence that atmospheric pollution is having negative effects on Earth, right here and now, climate change or not.
Scientists studying the chemistry of lakes reported in a study published this week that atmospheric nitrogen released from the burning of fossil fuels and the widespread use of fertilizers in agriculture is altering the makeup of even remote bodies of water.
Green Lake 5 in Colorado (Photo: James Elser/ASU)
Tags: · alpine lakes, Arizona State University, Colorado, James Elser, lakes polluted with nitrogen, nitrogen phosphorus balance, nitrogen pollution, Norway, phytoplankton, science, Sweden
Barbara Kessler
Andrew Winston
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