Mysterious “watermelon snow”: what’s turning Arctic snow pink?
2021-02-07
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Why the Arctic snow is turning pink and why it’s a bad sign
Pink snow occurs as a result of algae. During the months that it’s warm in the Arctic, a thin layer of meltwater forms on ice and snow. The sunlight and the water are ideal growing conditions for algae and they begin to thrive.
The problem with the pink snow has to