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Antarctic scientists have unveiled communities of photosynthetic algae, which add to melting of the ice caps in the region.🌊🧪 Dr Matthew Davey of SAMS (@scienceisnotfun.bsky.social) led the research team during 2 months of fieldwork on a remote ice cap. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne... @bas.ac.uk

Antarctic algae discovery is like finding ‘a forest in a desert’

Red and purple algae contribute to surface melting on Antarctic ice cap

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Algae in Closed Systems in Space and on Earth Workshop – Friday 21 March 2025, SAMS Oban, UK. Register by midnight 16th March: bit.ly/ClosedSystem... Funded by UK Space Agency’s Scottish Space Cluster Development Space Scotland, UKRI NERC CCAP, SAMS, University of Edinburgh, Algacraft, Algae-UK

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