THE EARTH
In ‘Glacier Blood,’ Scientists See Possible Influence of Climate Change
Jun 9, 2021 / Yale e360
A consortium of French laboratories, the ALPALGA project, has set out to study the little understood communities of microalgae that live in mountains, including some that turn snow orange or red, a phenomenon known as “glacier blood.” Scientists believe that climate change may be fueling blooms of red microalgae in the Alps.