Pink ice in mountain range hints at damaging effects of space radiation on Earth
dailystar.co.ukFREE newsletter is as good as that first pint back at the pubPink glacial ice in the Italian Alps that could be caused by algae are feared to be speeding up the effects of climate change.Biagio Di Mauro of Italy’s National Research Council said the ice in parts of the Present glacier is caused by the same algae found in Greenland.He said: “The algae is not dangerous, it is a natural phenomenon that occurs during the spring and summer periods in the middle latitudes but also at the poles.”The plant can be found in Greenland’s glaciers – known as the dark zone – where it is melting.Typically, ice reflects more than 80% of the Sun’s radiation is bounced back into the atmosphere – but the presence of the algae means it is absorbed and melts the.
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