The pink color, sometimes called watermelon snow, is caused by Chlamydomonas nivalis algae and related species. C. nivalis thrives in cold water, and “snowfields and glaciers are, in some sense ...

Snow algae are the reason why "watermelon snow" can be seen on mountains and icebergs all around the world. In 2020, these algae turned the Italian alps pink. A 2017 study found that watermelon ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Snowdays in New York creates shaved cream desserts. Their Watermelon Snow Boat features watermelon shaved cream served in a mini watermelon. More from News Snowdays ...

Summertime blooms of microalgae on snow cause "watermelon snow." We use the tools of genomics, bioinformatics, ecology and cell biology to study the algae, fungi, bacteria and other organisms ...