"The filamentous algae have a slimy ... composition showed that a variety of different plastics are found in the Arctic, including polyethylene, polyester, polypropylene, nylon, acrylic and ...

Arctic ice algae has been found to contain ten times more microplastics than surrounding sea water, something that could impact organisms higher up on the food chain, says a recent study.

They used data from the MOSAiC project, where the German research icebreaker Polarstern was frozen in the Arctic ice for a year in 2019. The team focused on phytoplankton and ice algae ...

Tiny shards of microplastics seen in the arctic algae species melosira arctica, found off the east coast of Greenland in 2021. (Supplied by Alexandra Kraberg) Despite its unappetizing appearance ...

Beyond showing up in food, human blood, in the air surrounding remote research stations, at the bottom of the ocean, and many other unexpected places, microplastics are now showing up in Arctic algae.

Sea ice algae is an essential resource for the survival of many species living in the Arctic. Traces of ice algae have been found in many animal groups from tiny filter-feeding shrimp to large ...

These microalgae convert energy from sunlight into fuel. The arctic ecosystem depends on them. In springtime, the algae bloom brilliant shades of green and draw tiny crustaceans, fish, birds and ...

These form 1–2 metre thick “plates” of sea ice across the Arctic Ocean, some of which melt over the summer period. Algae grow on the underside of these ice floes. Melosira arctica ...

Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The samples we collected there included ice cores, ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] Climate change could start causing significant algae blooms in the Arctic, as more sunlight reaches the plants ...

The Arctic teems with life, from walruses and polar bears to birds, fish, plankton - and algae. Each spring, warmed by the sun, this algae starts to bloom, blackening the ice on which it grows.