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Bacteria Feeding on Arctic Algae Blooms can Seed Clouds

By Nanci Bompey American Geophysical Institute on Aug 30, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Bacteria Feeding on Arctic Algae Blooms can Seed Clouds

Photo: This is a 2009 phytoplankton bloom in the Bering Sea. Cloud seed bacteria may feed on phytoplankton. CREDIT: NASA, Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center WASHINGTON – New research finds Arctic Ocean currents and storms are moving bacteria from ocean algae blooms into the atmosphere where the particles help clouds […]

UAS Researchers Investigating Harmful Algal Blooms in Southeast Alaska

By Keni Campbell | UAS on Aug 8, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

UAS Researchers Investigating Harmful Algal Blooms in Southeast Alaska

  JUNEAU, KETCHIKAN – University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) researchers Dr. John Harley and Dr. Matthew Pawlus have been studying shellfish toxicity to help create a safer environment in Southeast Alaska.  Shellfish like mussels and clams have been an abundant food source in the region, however recent harmful algal blooms (HABs) have increased the likelihood […]

Alaskans Try to Combat Death by Marine Toxins

By Paula Dobbyn | University of Alaska Fairbanks on Mar 19, 2018   Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Alaskans Try to Combat Death by Marine Toxins

Mass mortality of seabirds. Marine mammal deaths. Alaskans sickened by shellfish. What’s the common theme? Seawater contaminated by toxic algae. Call it death by phytoplankton. A group of Alaskans — including state officials, tribes, nonprofit organizations and researchers — have recently come together to try to combat these marine toxins. The goal is to keep […]

Algae’s Athletic Role in Glacier Melt

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Oct 20, 2017   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Algae’s Athletic Role in Glacier Melt

Life exists everywhere you look. Even on glacier ice, home to inch-long worms, snow fleas, bacteria and algae. When gathered by the millions on the ice, algae cells can help make the water they need to survive. Alaska scientists recently studied this living agent of glacier melt. “If you went to a place on a […]

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