Ancylonema nordenskioeldii is an algae species that had never previously been quantitatively documented in the Alps before studies by Di Mauro'

Algae is turning snow on the Italian Alps pink

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Ancylonema nordenskioeldii is an algae species that had never previously been quantitatively documented in the Alps before studies by Di Mauro's team this year. As seen here in an aerial shot lining the snow on parts of the Presena Glacier in northern Italy

Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change

Light micrographs of algae found at the glacier in Switzerland as documented in a research paper from earlier this year by Biagio Di Mauro of Italy's National Research Council

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