snoop1130 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Climate change turning Antarctica's snow green By Martyn Herman FILE PHOTO: An iceberg floats near Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, February 5, 2020. Picture taken February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino LONDON (Reuters) - Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge. Warming temperatures due to climate change are helping the formation and spread of "green snow" and it is becoming so prolific in places that it is even visible from space, according to new research published on Wednesday. While the presence of algae in Antarctica was noted by long-ago expeditions, such as the one undertaken by British explorer Ernest Shackleton, its full extent was unknown. Now, using data collected over two years by the European Space Agency's Sentinel 2 satellite, together with on-the-ground observations, a research team from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey have created the first map of the algae blooms on the Antarctic Peninsula coast. "We now have a baseline of where the algal blooms are and we can see whether the blooms will start increasing as the models suggest in the future," Matt Davey of the University of Cambridge's Department of Plant Sciences told Reuters. Mosses and lichens are considered the dominant photosynthetic organisms in Antarctica - but the new mapping found 1,679 separate algal blooms that are a key component in the continent's ability to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. "The algal blooms in Antarctica are equivalent to about the amount of carbon that's being omitted by 875,000 average UK petrol car journeys," Davey said. "That seems a lot but in terms of the global carbon budget, it's insignificant. "It does take up carbon from the atmosphere but it won't make any serious dent in the amount of carbon dioxide being put in the atmosphere at the moment." Green is not the only splash of colour in Antarctica. Researchers are now planning similar studies on red and orange algae, although that is proving harder to map from space. -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-05-20 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thunder26 Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 So, is it a good or a bad thing? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kinnock Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 20 minutes ago, Thunder26 said: So, is it a good or a bad thing? Green good, yellow not good to eat, red not good if you're a baby fur seal? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 22 minutes ago, Kinnock said: red not good if you're a baby fur seal? What's a baby seals favourite drink? Canadian club on the rocks. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Crazy Alex Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thank God for global warming. We should see more farmable land as a result. Hopefully, CO2 levels will also rise, as life on Earth flourished with CO2 over 1,000ppm. 6 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tippaporn Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 "Green is not the only splash of colour in Antarctica. Researchers are now planning similar studies on red and orange algae, although that is proving harder to map from space." Paisley is almost impossible to map from space. Unfortunately, as that's my favourite it's doubtful I'll ever get to see any images from space. When it starts snowing green wake me up as that would be truly alarming. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThailandRyan Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Crazy Alex said: Thank God for global warming. We should see more farmable land as a result. Hopefully, CO2 levels will also rise, as life on Earth flourished with CO2 over 1,000ppm. Your joking right? More farmable land, where in Antartica or Alaska, as Oceans rise more land mass is not created, it is lost except where the snow and glaciers have receded. Not sure where you believe there will be more farmable land..... 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Salerno Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 I take it the panic over COVID-19 is waning 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Relocated Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) Oh Lord Greta, thou shalt save us. Hallelujah! Edited May 20, 2020 by Retarded 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post impulse Posted May 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Crazy Alex said: Thank God for global warming. We should see more farmable land as a result. Hopefully, CO2 levels will also rise, as life on Earth flourished with CO2 over 1,000ppm. If the UK thought Brexit and Covid19 were fun, wait until the ocean conveyor shuts down because the sea water gets too fresh from melting glaciers. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazes Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 12 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The algal blooms in Antarctica are equivalent to about the amount of carbon that's being omitted by 875,000 average UK petrol car journeys," Omitted? I wonder what else "snoop" gets wrong.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibeachlovers Posted May 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2020 I don't see how the photo is relevant. Algal blooms far as I know are in the sea, so what has snow got to do with it? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchaburi Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Yes the Iceberg look green it's the reflection of the Ocean.???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted May 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, ratchaburi said: Yes the Iceberg look green it's the reflection of the Ocean.???? that was exactly my thought and i was about to post .... don't worry ... Greta will be on top of it .... 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cryingdick Posted May 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2020 45 minutes ago, steven100 said: that was exactly my thought and i was about to post .... don't worry ... Greta will be on top of it .... She is sailing her vaccinated yacht bringing Clorox wipes to kill the algae. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, ratchaburi said: Yes the Iceberg look green it's the reflection of the Ocean.???? Looks blue to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UbonThani Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Crazy Alex said: Thank God for global warming. We should see more farmable land as a result. Hopefully, CO2 levels will also rise, as life on Earth flourished with CO2 over 1,000ppm. yep need more of it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick501 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Usually an article such as this is, where it is supposed something is not exactly as it was a few years ago, is accompanied by suggestions that it can be fixed by raising taxes and transferring cash to poorer states. Guess they forgot to do that (yet). One of the positives of Covid is it has pushed the usual daily bombardment off the front pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 An inflammatory post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb5music Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 This is great, an article like this, you don't even have to raise a pinky to flush out the expat transplant "mcdonalds-burger-flip-skill" $100,000-yr Bluto planet destructo frackwell grunt workers. They flop like fish right on to the comment section deck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Salerno said: I take it the panic over COVID-19 is waning 106,000 new infections worldwide registered yesterday. Said to be the most ever in one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 16 hours ago, snoop1130 said: We now have a baseline of where the algal blooms are and we can see whether the blooms will start increasing as the models suggest in the future 16 hours ago, snoop1130 said: While the presence of algae in Antarctica was noted by long-ago expeditions, such as the one undertaken by British explorer Ernest Shackleton, its full extent was unknown. Very 'sensational' headline, but lacks substantiated data. Typical garbage writing. Published by Reuters, right? Typical fake news. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 13 hours ago, Thunder26 said: So, is it a good or a bad thing? Yes! Definitely yes! ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinnock Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 How to order a smoothie for a whale in karaoke Thai: "Algae pan, geow yai maak, nan kaeng yeu maak, maak" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkski Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 8 hours ago, jb5music said: This is great, an article like this, you don't even have to raise a pinky to flush out the expat transplant "mcdonalds-burger-flip-skill" $100,000-yr Bluto planet destructo frackwell grunt workers. They flop like fish right on to the comment section deck. Cranium incognito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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