“But we know that there are also large areas of lichens, grass and green and red snow algae that will also contribute to the ...

Green is not the only splash of color in Antarctica. Researchers are now planning similar studies on red and orange algae, although that is proving harder to map from space. Categories ...

The first to appear are algae and cyanobacteria – minuscule ... measurements to produce the first map of green vegetation across the whole Antarctic continent. We detected 44.2 km² of ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

A Chinese study has revealed how a type of algae adapts to cold temperatures in Antarctica with special proteins and enzymes. Chlorella is a genus of unicellular green algae distributed all over the ...

The warming waters have attracted species previously unseen in the Antarctic, such as a spider crab normally found south of Chile. There is also a blooming of green algae which is vital for the local ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge ... loose in a flume filled with flowing seawater, adding either algae for the krill to eat, a bit of Adélie penguin poop or both.

They are among the few organisms adapted to survive in the harsh Antarctic conditions and ... of polystyrene foam covered in a green layer of micro-algae, moss and lichens on King George Island ...

Picture: Peter Harmsen/Australian Antarctic Division Poo, or guano, from Adelie penguins was collected and fed into man-made water channels against seawater with algae, or both algae and guano.