Glaciers and ice sheets, like other biomes, occupy a significant area of the planet and
harbour biological communities with distinct interactions and feedbacks with their physical …

Cold environments represent the majority of the biosphere on Earth and have been
successfully colonized by psychrophilic microorganisms that are able to thrive at low …

The tundra is the coldest biome described in typical geography and biology textbooks.
Within the cryosphere, there are large expanses of ice in the Antarctic, Arctic and alpine …

The Arctic is melting at an unprecedented rate and key drivers are changes in snow and ice
albedo. Here we show that red snow, a common algal habitat blooming after the onset of …

Cryoconite is granular sediment found on glacier surfaces comprising both mineral and
biological material. Despite long having been recognised as an important glaciological and …

The lab-scale aerobic granules process was applied for low carbon to nitrogen (C/N< 4)
wastewater treatment under different hydrodynamic shear forces. Results revealed that …

Glaciers and ice sheets are melting in response to climate warming. Whereas the physical
behaviour of glaciers has been studied intensively, the biological processes associated with …

Aerobic granular sludge-based simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus
removal (SNDPR) systems were configured for the treatment of low-strength municipal …

While glaciers become increasingly recognised as a habitat for diverse and active microbial
communities, effects of their climate change-induced retreat on the microbial ecology of …

Cryoconite is a mixture of mineral and organic material covering glacial ice, playing
important roles in biogeochemical cycles and lowering the albedo of a glacier surface …