a pond filled with life found in the ice at the South Pole. Said the scientists, global warming is a godsend.
Swimming in remote areas that are green due to chlorophyll of algae found in situ. In the pool was also found to be small crustaceans, fish, shrimp larvae. "The greenest pool I've ever seen," said Patricia Yager, chief scientist of international Amundsen polynya sea research expedition (aspire). Yager expressed that the amount of chlorophyll per liter in the pool five times more than a few places in the amazon river.
Pond surrounded by sea ice-pond like this is often referred to as polynya-usually rich in nutrients and a shelter for animals, both large would also small. Thus it is clear Yager.
Polynya can be formed by two reasons: The wind is blowing chunks of ice away from the coast and air or warm water melts the ice. When the ice melts, nutrients also released into the sea. The most important nutrients for the plants that make the algae grow.
"When the glaciers and sea ice in the western part of the South Pole melting because of global warming, more nutrients flowing into the ocean and make algae spread more widely," Yager said.
According to Yager, the explosion of the algae could be a boon for carbon eating algae dioksidad due to the greenhouse effect. "But this is only one side," he said.
Yager explained that algae become food for zooplankton, which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere while breathing. Yager also mentions bacteria that break down dead algae and convert the carbon to carbon dioxide.
Nevertheless, for the moment, an polynya is a good thing for the Earth's climate because they trap carbon. "But that was it," said lisa miller, marine biologists of fisheries and oceans Canada.
Sources: http://galikaskus.com/
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