Study reveals soil fungi use borrowed bacterial genes to influence rainfall
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Summary
A recent study reveals that soil fungi and bacteria possess a "superpower" enabling them to influence weather patterns by reaching into the atmosphere and triggering rainfall. The article explains the science behind cloud formation and how these microorganisms can act as ice nucleators, causing supercooled water droplets in clouds to freeze and eventually fall as rain. The fungi appear to have "borrowed" bacterial genes to develop this weather-controlling ability.
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· 3 pulledTiny organisms on the ground – bacteria and fungi – have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study.
High up in the atmosphere, water doesn't always freeze at 0°C.
Most rain starts as ice.
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