Snow algae bloom in red on ice and snow and thereby darken the surface. This accelerates the thawing of ice (photo: Liane G. Benning, GFZ).
Posted on 06/24/2016 3:21:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Pink snow may be aesthetically pleasing, but scientists have found that it is indicative of the rapid pace of global warming.
This snow, which thrives in high-latitude and high-altitude regions, is found in areas comparable to the Arctic, where Chlamydomonas nivalis algae, which is normally green, has a chemical reaction to the UV rays from the sun and takes on a reddish-pink hue.
Scientists have been aware of rose-tinted snow since 1818, but they initially misunderstood its origins, believing it came about as a result of iron deposits left behind by a meteor. However, subsequent findings from the same year suggested that a kind of algae, not extraterrestrial iron, is to blame for the nontraditional hues. More contemporary findings have corroborated this notion.
This pink snow, sometimes referred to as blood or watermelon snow in the Arctic regions, is harmful despite its quirky facade. The algae expedites the melting of the Arctic, which is already happening at a faster rate than expected, due, in part, to global warming, a new study shows.
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Snow algae bloom in red on ice and snow and thereby darken the surface. This accelerates the thawing of ice (photo: Liane G. Benning, GFZ).
It’s nothing new. The sky is not falling.
Where are the SUVs from 1818?
GFZ scientists investigate the snow algae to get more information on the diversity of these micro organisms (photo: Stefanie Lutz, GFZ).
And how much grant money did they get for the NEW study.
*snicker*
Looks like a hydraulic fluid leak.
I have a hard time believing that they thought the pink snow was from iron deposits. In fact, it’s stupid.
Just be sure that you don’t eat the yellow snow.
my best guess.. anything from Boones Farm strawberry wine to pink champagne works for me.. or used to in my yout’.
Watch out where the Huskies go!
Note that they found one isolated place where the snow was pink to extrapolate out massive consequences here.
Perhaps we should do the same for yellow snow.
Note the white snow to the left. Someone should offer up better pictures to buttress their outlandish claims.
10 All-Time Hottest Weather Temperature Days in Sacramento
1. June 15, 1961 - 115 degrees
2. July 14, 1972 - 114 degrees
3. July 13, 1972 - 114 degrees
4. July 11, 1961 - 113 degrees
5. June 14, 1961 - 113 degrees
6. July 3, 1991 - 112 degrees
7. July 18, 1988 - 112 degrees
8. July 26, 1975 - 112 degrees
9. July 25, 1975 - 112 degrees
10. July 10, 1961 - 112 degrees
I live in Sacramento, CA.
Notice something about that list of the hottest days ever?
If “global warming” is real and every recent year has been
declared as the “hottest year ever”, then why are all the
record temperature days for Sacramento in the 1900’s?
You would think that 16 years into the 2000’s at least one
or two of the record days would be in recent years, IF GLOBAL WARMING WERE REAL. It’s not.
Just another threat to make us pay more taxes, like Obamacare, now global warming, and I heard on the radio they are pondering charging fees for gun permits yearly. And Sanger, where we live, charges an additional $25 over and above the licensing fees for cars that anywhere else in the state charges, “just because”. We are getting charged $150 a year for fire protection (with a firehouse 3 mi. down the road) even tho’ we pay taxes for police and fire protection on our property tax bill, because we are a bit far out. (3 miles is not a bit far out). No wonder people are leaving California in droves. And Jerry Brown is the worst!!!
Just don’t eat the yellow snow
It stund me that these idiots don’t realize that Maryland also was under snow and ice a long while ago. They are dumb.
No, but honestly, pink snow will hit women, children and the poor the hardest.
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