Now we know how much glacial melting ‘watermelon snow’ can cause
Algae that tinge snow red are to blame for about a sixth of the snowmelt at an Alaskan ice field
![Harding Icefield in Alaska](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/091817_LH_snow-algae_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SNOW DECORATION Algae turn the snow pink and red on parts of Alaska’s Harding Icefield. New research finds that the pink snow melts faster than clean snow.
Gerard Ganey