Underreported: Massive Algae Bloom Found Under Arctic Ice

JUN 14, 201210 MIN
Underreported from WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show

Underreported: Massive Algae Bloom Found Under Arctic Ice

JUN 14, 201210 MIN

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Scientists recently made an unlikely discovery under thinning arctic ice: a massive algae bloom. Kevin Arrigo, a biological oceanographer at Stanford University who led the NASA-sponsored mission that discovered the algae, explains how it changes our thinking about arctic ecosystems and how they’re responding to climate change.