Supraglacial Stream on the Greenland Ice Sheet (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Supraglacial Stream on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Caption

Supraglacial stream on the Greenland ice sheet (ca 35Km from the margin of the ice in the Kangerlussuaq region). The visible dark patches on the ice are heavily colonised by ice algae with algal concentrations reaching up to 100,000 cells per ml of ice.

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Alexandre M. Anesio

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