Today in our amazingly interconnected world: How Arctic phytoplankton blooms, which are becoming more common with climate change, are filling the sky with bacteria, possibly influencing the weather.
My latest for @capitalweather washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/1…
My latest for @capitalweather washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/1…
We’re slowly learning microbes influence the weather in all kinds of ways. Other studies have linked them to marine cloud brightening, hail formation, and snowstorms.
What’s wild here is that an entire food web—itself influenced by the climate—might be driving its own weather
What’s wild here is that an entire food web—itself influenced by the climate—might be driving its own weather
Also also, while we’ve mostly documented microbes in the lower atmosphere, there’s some evidence for hardy bugs that can survive the stratosphere, where their impact on global climate might be much bigger.
Just another way in which microbes secretly rule the planet.
Just another way in which microbes secretly rule the planet.
