The microbiome of glaciers and ice sheets

AM Anesio, S Lutz, NAM Chrismas… - npj Biofilms and …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Glaciers and ice sheets, like other biomes, occupy a significant area of the planet and
harbour biological communities with distinct interactions and feedbacks with their physical …

Microbial ecology of mountain glacier ecosystems: biodiversity, ecological connections and implications of a warming climate

S Hotaling, E Hood, TL Hamilton - Environmental microbiology, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Glacier ecosystems are teeming with life on, beneath, and to a lesser degree, within their icy
masses. This conclusion largely stems from polar research, with less attention paid to …

The biogeography of red snow microbiomes and their role in melting arctic glaciers

S Lutz, AM Anesio, R Raiswell, A Edwards… - Nature …, 2016‏ - nature.com
The Arctic is melting at an unprecedented rate and key drivers are changes in snow and ice
albedo. Here we show that red snow, a common algal habitat blooming after the onset of …

Cyanobacteria toxins and the current state of knowledge on water treatment options: a review

C Svrcek, DW Smith - Journal of Environmental Engineering …, 2004‏ - icevirtuallibrary.com
Cyanobacteria toxins have quickly risen in infamy as important water contaminants that
threaten human health. This paper provides a broad overview of cyanobacteria toxins and …

Algal photophysiology drives darkening and melt of the Greenland Ice Sheet

CJ Williamson, J Cook, A Tedstone, M Yallop… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
Blooms of Zygnematophycean “glacier algae” lower the bare ice albedo of the Greenland
Ice Sheet (GrIS), amplifying summer energy absorption at the ice surface and enhancing …

Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet

ML Yallop, AM Anesio, RG Perkins, J Cook… - The ISME …, 2012‏ - academic.oup.com
Darkening of parts of the Greenland ice sheet surface during the summer months leads to
reduced albedo and increased melting. Here we show that heavily pigmented, actively …

The role of microbes in snowmelt and radiative forcing on an Alaskan icefield

GQ Ganey, MG Loso, AB Burgess, RJ Dial - Nature Geoscience, 2017‏ - nature.com
A lack of liquid water limits life on glaciers worldwide but specialized microbes still colonize
these environments. These microbes reduce surface albedo, which, in turn, could lead to …

Glacier algae: a dark past and a darker future

CJ Williamson, KA Cameron, JM Cook… - Frontiers in …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
“Glacier algae” grow on melting glacier and ice sheet surfaces across the cryosphere,
causing the ice to absorb more solar energy and consequently melt faster, while also turning …

Seasonal change in bacterial flora and biomass in mountain snow from the Tateyama Mountains, Japan, analyzed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and real-time PCR

T Segawa, K Miyamoto, K Ushida, K Agata… - Applied and …, 2005‏ - journals.asm.org
The bacterial flora and biomass in mountain snow from the Tateyama Mountains, Toyama
Prefecture, Japan, one of the heaviest snowfall regions in the world, were analyzed by …

Ice algal bloom development on the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet

CJ Williamson, AM Anesio, J Cook… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
It is fundamental to understand the development of Zygnematophycean (Streptophyte) micro-
algal blooms within Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) supraglacial environments, given their …