Pablo Almela
@algopablo.bsky.social
Postdoc (from SPAIN) at UMN (USA). My research: Snowalgae, Albedo, Microbial & Aquatic Ecology, Global Change. Overlanding 🚙⛺🌍🐶
A few weeks ago we had the chance to chat with @npr.org about why snow can turn green, red, or orange, and how snow algae may affect mountain snowmelt. ❄️🧫🌈
www.npr.org/2025/12/25/n...
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Uncovering the mystery of how algae makes snow green, red or orange
Snow isn't always white; algae can make it look green, red, or orange, and scientists are trying to understand how and why these colorful patches appear.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
A few weeks ago we had the chance to chat with @npr.org about why snow can turn green, red, or orange, and how snow algae may affect mountain snowmelt. ❄️🧫🌈
www.npr.org/2025/12/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/25/n...
Reposted by Pablo Almela
Dust looks dead but it is, in fact, alive, teeming with hardy microbes traveling around the world. How are they surviving the trip? Scientists think biofilm formation may play a role. Watch Microbial Minutes for the full story! 🦠 youtu.be/3q-rhw17h2o
Bioflim Formation and the Dust Microbiome
YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology
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January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Dust looks dead but it is, in fact, alive, teeming with hardy microbes traveling around the world. How are they surviving the trip? Scientists think biofilm formation may play a role. Watch Microbial Minutes for the full story! 🦠 youtu.be/3q-rhw17h2o
New paper out! ❄️🦠 We explored how local soils + long-range air mass trajectories shape airborne bacterial communities in the Antarctic Peninsula using 16S ASVs + HYSPLIT. Clear local fingerprints, but regional transport matters too. #microairpolar
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
New paper out! ❄️🦠 We explored how local soils + long-range air mass trajectories shape airborne bacterial communities in the Antarctic Peninsula using 16S ASVs + HYSPLIT. Clear local fingerprints, but regional transport matters too. #microairpolar
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New out! Our latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social shows how red, orange, and green snow algae differ sharply in pigments, communities, and radiative forcing — with red blooms showing the strongest albedo reduction. @drlimnology.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
New out! Our latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social shows how red, orange, and green snow algae differ sharply in pigments, communities, and radiative forcing — with red blooms showing the strongest albedo reduction. @drlimnology.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...