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SUBMITTER: Lutz S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4917964 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lutz Stefanie S Anesio Alexandre M AM Raiswell Rob R Edwards Arwyn A Newton Rob J RJ Gill Fiona F Benning Liane G LG
Nature communications 20160622
The Arctic is melting at an unprecedented rate and key drivers are changes in snow and ice albedo. Here we show that red snow, a common algal habitat blooming after the onset of melting, plays a crucial role in decreasing albedo. Our data reveal that red pigmented snow algae are cosmopolitan as well as independent of location-specific geochemical and mineralogical factors. The patterns for snow algal diversity, pigmentation and, consequently albedo, are ubiquitous across the Arctic and the reduc ...[more]