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Snow and glacier ecosystems across remote Antarctic island reveal hidden microbial diversity

Research led by a University of Bristol Ph.D. student has revealed a host of thriving microscopic algae communities in snow and glaciers across one of the most remote locations on Earth. The study, which appears in ISME Communications and includes Dr. Emily Broadwell's intrepid polar and alpine adve...

Snow and glacier ecosystems across remote Antarctic island reveal hidden microbial diversity
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Research led by a University of Bristol Ph.D. student has revealed a host of thriving microscopic algae communities in snow and glaciers across one of the most remote locations on Earth. The study, which appears in ISME Communications and includes Dr. Emily Broadwell's intrepid polar and alpine adventures as part of her Ph.D. in physical geography, sheds surprising new light on how glacier ecosystems respond to rising global temperatures.

Originally published at Phys.org

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