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Posted on Jun 8, 2012

NASA Finds Giant Algae Bloom In Arctic

NASA found a 60-mile long algae bloom under the Arctic, providing further proof the ice is melting

by Stacey Leasca

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NASA scientists working in the Arctic Ocean have discovered blooms of microscopic plantlike organisms living beneath the ice.

In the ICESCAPE (Impacts of Climate on EcoSystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment) project, researchers explored and sampled the area below the ice on the Chukchi Sea continental shelf north of Siberia. In their press release, the scientists called the discovery, "as unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert."

NASA Finds Giant Algae Bloom In Arctic

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