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Plankton Can Make Clouds To Block UV
NotWallaceStevens writes "This article on Science Daily describes how plankton can create clouds in response to seasonal variations in UV radiation from the sun by producing a chemical called dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP). This was a long term study based on data going back to the 1950s collected in the Sargasso Sea. One of the researches theorizes that the process could slow global warming."
They're eating our UV protection!!!
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
I had a roommate in college named Dimethylsulfoniopropionate.
Sometimes I get the feeling all of chemistry is just a put-on to see who can get people to say the silliest word. I mean, how would we know? That, "It's too small to see," stuff seems awfully convenient.
In other news, Republicans through an endless series of tired tautologies, prove that their own enlightenment is responsible for the trees, and the rocks, and the birds in the air and because of that, they are obviously the most enlightened in all creation.