A germ theory for glacial systems?

Coupled cryoconite ecosystem structure-function relationships are revealed by comparing bacterial communities in alpine and Arctic glaciers

(2014) Arwyn Edwards et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Understanding the dynamics of black carbon and associated contaminants in glacial systems

(2014) Andrew J. Hodson   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

A frozen asset: The potential of flow cytometry in constraining the glacial biome

(2013) Tristram D. L. Irvine-Fynn et al.   CYTOMETRY PART A

Molecular characterization of phototrophic microorganisms in the forefield of a receding glacier in the Swiss Alps

(2013) Beat Frey et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A metagenomic snapshot of taxonomic and functional diversity in an alpine glacier cryoconite ecosystem

(2013) Arwyn Edwards et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Debris-Rich Basal Ice as a Microbial Habitat, Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

(2013) Scott Montross et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Bioprecipitation: a feedback cycle linking Earth history, ecosystem dynamics and land use through biological ice nucleators in the atmosphere

(2013) Cindy E. Morris et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Molecular evidence for an active endogenous microbiome beneath glacial ice

(2013) Trinity L Hamilton et al.   ISME Journal

The dynamic bacterial communities of a melting High Arctic glacier snowpack

(2013) Katherina Hell et al.   ISME Journal

Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter

(2013) Christian Rinke et al.   NATURE

In-ice evolution of RNA polymerase ribozyme activity

(2013) James Attwater et al.   Nature Chemistry

Extensive liquid meltwater storage in firn within the Greenland ice sheet

(2013) Richard R. Forster et al.   Nature Geoscience

The multimillennial sea-level commitment of global warming

(2013) Anders Levermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An expert judgement assessment of future sea level rise from the ice sheets

(2013) J. L. Bamber et al.   Nature Climate Change

Microbial cell budgets of an Arctic glacier surface quantified using flow cytometry

(2012) T. D. L. Irvine-Fynn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The microbial diversity of a storm cloud as assessed by hailstones

(2012) Tina Šantl Temkiv et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

A distinctive fungal community inhabiting cryoconite holes on glaciers in Svalbard

(2012) Arwyn Edwards et al.   Fungal Ecology

A microbial driver of chemical weathering in glaciated systems

(2012) Scott N. Montross et al.   GEOLOGY

The extreme melt across the Greenland ice sheet in 2012

(2012) S. V. Nghiem et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Methanogenic potential of Arctic and Antarctic subglacial environments with contrasting organic carbon sources

(2012) Marek Stibal et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Photophysiology and albedo-changing potential of the ice algal community on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet

(2012) Marian L Yallop et al.   ISME Journal

An improved estimate of microbially mediated carbon fluxes from the Greenland ice sheet

(2012) J.M. Cook et al.   JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica

(2012) J. L. Wadham et al.   NATURE

Biological processes on glacier and ice sheet surfaces

(2012) Marek Stibal et al.   Nature Geoscience

Diversity, Abundance, and Potential Activity of Nitrifying and Nitrate-Reducing Microbial Assemblages in a Subglacial Ecosystem

(2011) Eric S. Boyd et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pioneering fungi from the Damma glacier forefield in the Swiss Alps can promote granite weathering

(2011) I. BRUNNER et al.   Geobiology

Microbial geomorphology: A neglected link between life and landscape

(2011) Heather A. Viles   GEOMORPHOLOGY

An inventory and population-scale analysis of martian glacier-like forms

(2011) Colin Souness et al.   ICARUS

Controls on the autochthonous production and respiration of organic matter in cryoconite holes on high Arctic glaciers

(2011) Jon Telling et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

In situ quantification of supraglacial cryoconite morphodynamics using time-lapse imaging: an example from Svalbard

(2011) Tristram D.L. Irvine-Fynn et al.   JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Glaciers and ice sheets as a biome

(2011) Alexandre M. Anesio et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Biogeochemistry and dissolved oxygen dynamics at a subglacial upwelling, Midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard

(2011) T.D.L. Irvine-Fynn et al.   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

The microstructure and biogeochemistry of Arctic cryoconite granules

(2011) Harry Langford et al.   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

The mass–area relationship within cryoconite holes and its implications for primary production

(2011) J. Cook et al.   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

Organic matter content and quality in supraglacial debris across the ablation zone of the Greenland ice sheet

(2011) Marek Stibal et al.   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

Weathering-Associated Bacteria from the Damma Glacier Forefield: Physiological Capabilities and Impact on Granite Dissolution

(2010) B. Frey et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

How important is biological ice nucleation in clouds on a global scale?

(2010) C Hoose et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Microbial ecosystem responses to rapid climate change in the Arctic

(2010) Warwick F Vincent   ISME Journal

Possible interactions between bacterial diversity, microbial activity and supraglacial hydrology of cryoconite holes in Svalbard

(2010) Arwyn Edwards et al.   ISME Journal

The ablation zone in northeast Greenland: ice types, albedos and impurities

(2010) Carl Egede Bøggild et al.   JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Sea-level rise and its possible impacts given a 'beyond 4 C world' in the twenty-first century

(2010) R. J. Nicholls et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Methanogenesis in subglacial sediments

(2010) Eric S. Boyd et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Microbiology of the Atmosphere-Rock Interface: How Biological Interactions and Physical Stresses Modulate a Sophisticated Microbial Ecosystem

(2009) Anna A. Gorbushina et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Rock weathering creates oases of life in a High Arctic desert

(2009) Sara Borin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microorganisms in Dry Polar Snow Are Involved in the Exchanges of Reactive Nitrogen Species with the Atmosphere

(2009) A. Amoroso et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microorganisms in the atmosphere over Antarctica

(2009) David A. Pearce et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Deposition and postdeposition mechanisms as possible drivers of microbial population variability in glacier ice

(2009) Shu-Rong Xiang et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

High microbial activity on glaciers: importance to the global carbon cycle

(2009) ALEXANDRE M. ANESIO et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Bacterial succession in a glacier foreland of the High Arctic

(2009) Ursel M E Schütte et al.   ISME Journal

The formation and hydrological significance of cryoconite holes

(2009) Shelley MacDonell et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Coastal Impacts Due to Sea-Level Rise

(2008) Duncan M. FitzGerald et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

GLACIAL ECOSYSTEMS

(2008) Andy Hodson et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A bacterial ice-binding protein from the Vostok ice core

(2008) James A. Raymond et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Bioavailable iron in the Southern Ocean: the significance of the iceberg conveyor belt

(2008) Rob Raiswell et al.   GEOCHEMICAL TRANSACTIONS

Subglacial methanogenesis: A potential climatic amplifier?

(2008) J. L. Wadham et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Geographic, seasonal, and precipitation chemistry influence on the abundance and activity of biological ice nucleators in rain and snow

(2008) B. C. Christner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ubiquity of Biological Ice Nucleators in Snowfall

(2008) B. C. Christner et al.   SCIENCE

The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles

(2008) P. G. Falkowski et al.   SCIENCE