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- Microbes and their impact within Climate Models Wed, 15 Feb 12, 4:49pmFrom the American Society for Microbiology, a comprehensive report that suggests the need to integrate microbial processes into climate modeling. As they say: “The sum total of microbial activity is enormous, but the...
- A microbe albedo effect for ocean sunlight absorption Fri, 25 Feb 11, 6:06amFrom MIT, something surprising. Like alignment of iron atoms in a magnet, microbes in seawater can align and change the albedo. It makes me wonder how much seawater can be warming by light absorption in ENSO events, which...