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Ocean Microbes: How They May Directly Impact Climate Change
2015-05-19 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A team of scientists from UC San Diego and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported in the journal ACS Central Science that the process by which marine bacteria consume phytoplankton has an apparent direct role in affecting cloud properties. Phytoplankton are microorganisms that produce molecules that become airborne when they decay - that is, if bacteria don't eat the molecules first. As the bacteria feed, phytoplankton break down into component molecules, such as fats and lipids, which...
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