Microalgae that speed up the melting of the ice caps

France 2 report (20:00 on 25 February 2025 - from 32″27″).

Interview with Rey Mourot and James Bradley, CNRS researchers assigned to the MIO Institut Méditerranéen d'Océanologie.

In Greenland, pigmented glacial microalgae propagate without any external input of nutrients, intensifying the darkening of the ice and accelerating its melting.

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