Sea Ice Algae is Staple of Arctic Food Chain (Gallery)

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Sea Ice Algae is Staple of Arctic Food Chain (Gallery),
November 21, 2014,
By Charlie Heck,
Live Science,

Algae within Arctic sea ice provide the lynchpin of the marine ecosystem. As part of an NSF-supported research project, Columbia University scientist Craig Aumack and his colleagues venture out onto the ice to study the organisms that live within, and below, the frozen water - observations that will become even more critical as the Arctic continues to warm. (All images courtesy the National Science Foundation.)