National Snow and Ice Data Center: Algal Blooms Increase Snowmelt in the Pacific Northwest by 20 Percent
May 09, 2023
May 09, 2023
BOULDER, Colorado, May 9 (TNSjou) -- The National Snow and Ice Data Center, a part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, issued the following news release:
Algae that commonly grow on snow in the Pacific Northwest have been ignored in melt models, but their presence significantly increases snowmelt compared with clean, white snow, according to a first-of-its-kind scientific research study conducted on Mt. Baker in the North Cascades, Washington. Alia K . . .
Algae that commonly grow on snow in the Pacific Northwest have been ignored in melt models, but their presence significantly increases snowmelt compared with clean, white snow, according to a first-of-its-kind scientific research study conducted on Mt. Baker in the North Cascades, Washington. Alia K . . .