Secretion of polysaccharides from the micro community living
within the sea ice stick organism together and forms greater particles
introducing a rapid transport of carbon to the seafloor. New research now makes
it possible to forecast the importance for the global carbon budget of this
transport
A community of microscopic algae and bacteria thrives within
the Arctic and Antarctic pack ice. These ice-organisms are adapted to growing
on the ice crystal surfaces and within a labyrinth of channels and pores that
permeate the ice floes.