Now part of Halfar’s research group studying changes in sea ice cover in northern Labrador, Dias and her co-researchers are ...

Biologists searched for ice algae, which look like dirt and live on the underside of the ice and in the channels of trapped brine left after newly formed sea ice expels salt. In a few weeks ...

This surprising result demonstrates the algae’s ability to perform photosynthesis ... Despite the snow-covered sea ice blocking most of the sunlight, the microalgae managed to use the very ...

As the planet heats up, the summer sea ice and all the superbly adapted life it supports—the bears, the seals, the walruses, the whales, the Arctic cod, the crustaceans, the ice algae—may well ...

Climate change could start causing significant algae blooms in the Arctic, as more sunlight reaches the plants lurking in the ...

These are chemicals associated with the algae, which bloom in the ocean when sea-ice retreats and the water is once again filled with light. The BAS researcher explains: "The more sea-ice we get ...

Plants, trees, and soil absorbed almost no net CO2 last year. If this continues, we're in bigger trouble than we thought.

Sea-ice is also hugely important for life at the poles. In the Antarctic, the algae that cling to the ice are a source of food for the small crustaceans known as krill, which are a basic food ...

For years, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — a spacecraft circling the Red Planet — has seen white material lining dry ...

Antarctica is turning green as plants take over parts of the icy landscape. The change is happening far faster than expected, ...

His research of algae’s interaction with the chemical environments has made him a top Antarctic researcher in ocean acidification and sea ice retreat. “I found a fascination with algae since my first ...

Melting Arctic sea ice is weakening this current, meaning the UK could face more extreme weather as a result of climate change. The algae found on sea ice is also essential to many species in the ...