(It's a ...) Micro World (... after all): polar bears

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Sunday, September 07, 2008

Polar Bears green with envy?

Kurobe says algae that enters hollow spaces in the bears' fur is hard to rinse off. He says the bears are expected to return to their natural color when the algae growth subsides in November.

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Thomas Joseph
Professionally I am a bug hunter (aka microbiologist) and a gene jockey (aka molecular biologist). I started my career as a med tech, but now I'm a research scientist who studies environmental microbiology. When I'm not answering scientific questions about the roles that microbes play on climate change and/or water and soil quality, I'm an amateur astronomer and play racquetball. I'm also a sports nut, though my liking of both the NY Metropolitans (baseball) and NY Jets (football) tests my devotion to these sports on a continual basis. Fortunately, I'm also an OU alumnus (PhD, Microbiology) and we usually have a pretty good football team. Boomer Sooner!

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