The first color that comes to mind when thinking about Antarctica is a stark white, which makes sense, given the southernmost continent is generally buried in ice and snow. It has earned its reputation as “the white continent” thanks to harboring 90% of the world’s ice, concentrated in a 2.2 km (1.4 mi) thick layer.
Yet according to a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science, Antarctica’s snow white status may soon be eclipsed by a different color: green.
