Utah State University: Slow Motion Disaster - Receding Glaciers Open Space for Invading Algae
March 04, 2021
March 04, 2021
LOGAN, Utah, March 4 (TNSRes) -- Utah State University issued the following news:
Glaciers in western Canada are headed into a slow-motion disaster--these ice fields are disappearing at a rate that's nearly twice the global average thanks to climate change, and major ecological disruptions follow in their wake.
One unexpected consequence of the glaciers' demise is an invasion of sorts, of algae, into high-mountain streams. Janice Brahney from Utah State Univer . . .
Glaciers in western Canada are headed into a slow-motion disaster--these ice fields are disappearing at a rate that's nearly twice the global average thanks to climate change, and major ecological disruptions follow in their wake.
One unexpected consequence of the glaciers' demise is an invasion of sorts, of algae, into high-mountain streams. Janice Brahney from Utah State Univer . . .