Megan Lenss studies sea ice algae at both poles

Louise Matthews

Megan Lenss (middle) playfully pushes her mother, Shona (left), as they stroll a path Dec. 20 with her father, Marty, at Indian Creek Nature Centre in southeast Cedar Rapids. Megan Lenss will pay a visit to equally poles in 6 months as element of a Fulbright study system in oceanography. […]

Phytoplankton blooms underneath Antarctic sea ice

Louise Matthews

The map on the left reveals the locale and abundance of likely phytoplankton blooms and their position in just the icepack from 2014-2020. The map on the proper brings together satellite knowledge and models to show where there was very likely more than enough light-weight penetrating the ice to sustain […]