Tiny algae can photosynthesise and grow in the dark beneath Arctic ice

By Donna Lu

NOAA

Marine phytoplankton can grow below thick sea ice in shut to darkness, changing what little mild exists into vitality, even though it is aloof unclear how these diminutive algae be pleased tailored to grow in these hideous stipulations.

It became previously belief that phytoplankton might maybe perchance well well now not grow in the Arctic except the sea ice began to melt, however Achim Randelhoff at Laval University in Canada and his colleagues found that the diminutive marine algae are ready to photosynthesise and grow even in winter, with development peaking in April …