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| Scientists may have underestimated global warming's severity. Here's how | Alia Khan of Western Washington University, also studies algae, but she鈥檚 focused on how it cranks up the heat by absorbing more energy from the sun. "What happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica," Khan said. Bright snow and ice reflects the sun's energy back to space,鈥 |
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| Algae blooms that cause pink snow could accelerate melting as Earth warms | 鈥淭here never used to be any funding for this kind of work,鈥 says , a biologist at Western Washington University who鈥檚 at the forefront of a new push to understand what folks in the Pacific Northwest call 鈥渨atermelon snow鈥 鈥斺 |
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| 'Watermelon snow' piques curiosities in Utah after abnormally wet winter | The changes in the magnitude and timing of the melting 鈥 the exposure of bare ground earlier in the season 鈥 can cause problems in the Mountain West, affecting ecosystems and species that rely on cool water downstream and reservoirs designed to accommodate more gradual snowmelt. In places like鈥 |
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| Algae Blooms Increase Snowmelt In The Pacific Northwest By 20% | Algae that commonly grow on snow in the Pacific Northwest have been ignored in melt models, but their presence significantly increases snowmelt compared with clean, white snow, according to a study conducted on Mount Baker in the North Cascades, Washington. Scientist Alia Khan鈥 |
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| 草榴社区's Alia Khan takes her students to study snow and ice in Greenland - virtually | ||||
| Help ID snow algae | is seeking volunteers to look for snow algae as part of the . The project, a partnership with |
Mountains and snow have always beckoned biogeochemist Alia Khan. The Western Washington University assistant professor conducts research on the cryosphere, or Earth鈥檚 frozen environments. Her work has taken her to the Himalayas, the Chilean Andes, the Arctic and, most recently, Antarctica.鈥 |
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| Soot is accelerating snow melt in popular parts of Antarctica, a study finds | Soot pollution is accelerating climate-driven melting in Antarctica, a new study suggests, raising questions about how to protect the delicate continent from the increasing number of humans who want to visit. Researchers estimate that soot, or black carbon, pollution in the most popular鈥 |
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| What is black carbon? The latest way humans are causing changes in Antarctica | here are few places on Earth that humans haven't mucked up with the that comes from our 鈥 |
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| 草榴社区鈥檚 Alia Khan Receives $1.2 million CAREER Grant from the NSF to Continue Research in the Antarctic and the Cascades |