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Scientists Might Finally Know Why Some Icebergs Are Bright Green
In the 18th-century English ballad The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a storm drives a sailor’s ship toward the South Pole, where he encounters all manner of fantastical sights, including floating icebergs “as green as emerald.” It may sound like author Samuel Coleridge was taking some poetic licence, but emerald-coloured icebergs are a real thing—and…