Image credit: untipografico /Flickr Glaciers are an important source for many of the world’s largest and most significant rivers, but new research is showing that they are also an essential support for the coastal and oceanic food webs. Dissolved organic matter, some more than

4,000 years old, is discharged by the glaciers and, in spite of its age, has proven to be a highly potent food source for mic… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Glaciers Feed the Ocean’s Food Webs