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How Pollen Can Play a Role in Affecting Climate
2015-05-11 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The main job of pollen is to help seed the next generation of trees and plants, but a new study from the University of Michigan and Texas A&M shows that the grains might also seed clouds. The unexpected findings demonstrate that these wind-carried capsules of genetic material might have an effect on the planet's climate. And they highlight a new link between plants and the atmosphere. Pollen has been largely ignored by atmospheric scientists who study aerosolsparticles suspended in the air that...
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