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."

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Adaptive Systems

[Bob_Robertson]

Wow! State the obvious and get moderated as "troll". Earth is indeed a collection of self-adapting systems. Humans haven't put into the atmosphere what Krakatoa did in one eruption. Humans also tend to reduce the occurance and severity of wild fires, reducing particulate effects of that natural process, balancing some of the soot and other particulates we generate.

Don't feel bad, I said that private space launch is more efficient than NASA, and got moderated as "flamebait".

Jgardn, have you ever visited the Ludwig von Mises web site? www.mises.org You'll love it there. Or the Future of Freedom Foundation, www.fff.org

Bob-