Snow or glacial algae are found on all continents, and most species are in the
Chlamydomonadales (Chlorophyta) and Zygnematales (Streptophyta). Other algal groups …

“Glacier algae” grow on melting glacier and ice sheet surfaces across the cryosphere,
causing the ice to absorb more solar energy and consequently melt faster, while also turning …

Cryoconite is granular sediment found on glacier surfaces comprising both mineral and
biological material. Despite long having been recognised as an important glaciological and …

Light‐absorbing impurities (LAIs) in snow of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau (TP) and their
climatic impacts are of interest not only because this region borders areas affected by the …

Alpine regions are changing rapidly due to loss of snow and ice in response to ongoing
climate change. While studies have documented ecological responses in alpine lakes and …

Cryoconite is a mixture of mineral and organic material covering glacial ice, playing
important roles in biogeochemical cycles and lowering the albedo of a glacier surface …

We have assessed the microbial ecology on the surface of Mittivakkat glacier in SE-
Greenland during the exceptional high melting season in July 2012 when the so far most …

M esotaenium berggrenii is one of few autotrophs that thrive on bare glacier surfaces in
alpine and polar regions. This extremophilic alga produces high amounts of a brownish …

It is fundamental to understand the development of Zygnematophycean (Streptophyte) micro-
algal blooms within Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) supraglacial environments, given their …

Cryoconite granules are dark-colored spherical aggregates of organic and inorganic
material on glacier ice, and are commonly observed on glaciers the world over. The …