Microbes Are Likely Speeding Up the Melting of the Glaciers

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By Yale Environment 360Mar 23, 2016, 12:20 pm97 pts
As if soaring global temperatures weren’t bad enough, scientists reported this week that microbes are also speeding up the melting of Arctic ice. National Parks Service A pool of meltwater on the Root Glacier in Alaska. The problem lies in cryoconite, the soil-like composite of dust, industrial soot and…

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