http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Phytoplankton) en-us Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:25:00 -0700 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/scientists-discover-rainforest-of-life-under-arctic-sea-ice?start=0 Scientists have made a discovery in the Arctic Ocean as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert: a massive phytoplankton bloom that makes these waters richer in microscopic marine plants than any other ocean region Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:25:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/scientists-discover-rainforest-of-life-under-arctic-sea-ice Arctic Ocean, Phytoplankton, Sea ice, Chukchi Sea, NASA, Marine biology, Climate change, Environment, Futurity Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition investigating the effects of climate change on Arctic waters punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find the massive phytoplankton bloom. It makes these waters richer in microscopic marine plants -- essential to all sea life -- than any other ocean region