View From Ship (IMAGE)

University of Washington

View From Ship

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The sea ice off West Antarctica, seen here in October 2018, is a dynamic environment that experiences huge annual swings in light level, temperature and salinity, as well as the longer-term shifts of climate change. Algae and other microbes living in and around the sea ice are part of an understudied ecosystem.

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Hannah Dawson/University of Washington

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