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Plankton Can Make Clouds To Block UV

Posted by timothy on from the aggressive-flatulence dept.

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."

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  1. Re:News Flash! by love2hateMS · · Score: 2, Informative

    What global warming?

    http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba478/