IN MARCH 1875, readers of The American Naturalist were treated to a discourse on the curious phenomenon of red snow. “Truly a beautiful sight,” the periodical opined, “in direct contrast ...

Because this form of snow algae is tcpink to red, it absorbs sunlight- and when positioned on a glacier, can make it melt more quickly. This is of concern in Washington, where they serve as an ...

A researcher points to pink snow algae in Glacier National Park in August. Credit: Sarah Mosquera/High Country News This summer, researchers from around the country crisscrossed the mountains of ...

Bloom of red algae on Weart Glacier in British Columbia. The red snow causes glaciers to melt faster than usual. Engstrom and Quarmby. Sci. Adv.

Pink, red, purple, and green algae blooms are growing on glaciers all over the planet.; Scientists who study snow and ice algae fear the blooms are a symptom of climate change.; Algae blooms can ...

"It's a green algae that lays dormant in the snowpack or in the soil during the summer and winter." Hotaling has been studying watermelon snow (Chlamydomonas nivalis) for years and is excited that ...

Hotaling said though the snow in Utah has appeared red – the most common color of the phenomenon – there are types of algae living on ice and snow that can turn the usually white frozen ...

In the Arctic, the pigmented snow algae can decrease the snow albedo by 13% in just one snow season, according to a study published in Nature in 2016 that looked at 40 red snow sites in 16 areas.

Much of the snow covering the glaciers didn't melt until July, providing the prime environment for the red algae to develop. Request Reprint & Licensing Submit Correction View Editorial & AI ...

Rouge-colored ribbons of algae ran 400 square feet across the sunny slope — Chlamydomonas nivalis, a red-pigmented green algae found in high alpine and polar regions around the globe.

Everything to know about "watermelon snow" or "blood snow." There is a strange phenomenon happening in the western mountains of the United States and in different spots around the world—the snow ...

KODNER: So when the algae cells are growing in the snow, they produce a red-colored pigment that turns the snow pink, or if the algae are in really high numbers, they can turn the snow red.