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Climate: Organic Waste In Sea Spray Triggers Ice Formation In Clouds
2015-09-14 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Breaking waves send organic waste into the air along with sea spray. It turns out that the waste itself, from ocean life, can trigger ice formation in clouds, according to researchers from the Arctic Research Programme. Phytoplankton, or plant life, produces the organic waste found in these airborne particles. This influences how clouds behave, and can factor into global climate, as researchers recently explained in a study. "It has been speculated in the past that some of this biological material...
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