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A few weeks ago, scientists at Ukraine's Vernadsky Research Base in Antarctica awoke to find their usually pristine white surrounds drenched in a shocking blood-red. 几周前，位于南极的乌克兰沃纳德斯基研究站的科学家醒来发现周围原本白茫茫的雪地被染成了血红色，令人震惊。 From the gory-looking images, you could be forgiven for wondering if there'd been some sort of horror-movie-style penguin massacre. The good news is that the real cause is far less dramatic; unfortunately, it still has dire implications. 看着这些“血淋淋”的照片，难怪你会好奇这里是不是出现了恐怖电影里的企鹅大屠杀。好消息是真实的原因并没有那么可怕；坏消息是这种情况会有可怕的影响。 Marine ecologist Andrey Zotov from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, captured these images while conducting research at the Antarctic station. For such an epic mess, the culprits behind this dramatic redecoration are incredibly tiny. 乌克兰国家科学院的海洋生态学家Andrey Zotov在南极站进行研究时拍下了这些照片。这场景史无前例，但这种戏剧性变化背后的罪魁祸首却极其微小。 "Our scientists have identified them under a microscope as Chlamydomonas nivalis," said the National Antarctic Scientific Centre of Ukraine in a Facebook post. 乌克兰国家南极科学中心在Facebook上发的一篇文章中说：“我们的科学家通过在显微镜下观察，已经确定了它们是雪地衣藻。” | 
