November 02, 2020
Photo of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in the Tien Shan Mountains, China by Remko Tanis on flickr
Measurements of nitrogen within cryoconite granules—microbial structures on glaciers—show a redox gradient at a fine scale. From the oxygen-rich surface to an anoxic center, there are implications for the nitrogen and carbon cycles on glaciers.
Read the publication led by Prof. Satoshi Ishii.