A team of mountaineers and scientists collected snow samples from some of the highest peaks in the Alps. Scientists make ...
Ever wondered why some lakes are bright blue while others are green or brown? The answer lies in the way light interacts with ...
Already in the 1980s it was suggested that aggregates, so-called "marine snow particles," could possibly be suitable sites for N 2 fixation, and this was recently confirmed. Still, it has been an ...
Discover the hidden snowfall of the ocean—what marine snow is, how it forms, and why it matters for our planet and climate ...
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Being 1 mile higher up does mean the atmosphere is thinner, so there are fewer particles to block the ultraviolet ... blue-sky days. I’m a snow scientist at Colorado State University and an ...