Ice Core (IMAGE)

Aarhus University

Ice Core

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Ice cores reveal that ice algae are also found in the sea ice. Diatoms grow in small channels full of very salty sea water and form the basis for small ecosystems with bacteria and small fauna in the ice.

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Photo: Lars Chresten Lund Hansen

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