Bacteria Floating 9000 Metres Overhead Could Be Influencing The Weather

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[–]Mnemonic 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Christner agrees that while probably not an immediate concern, the stratosphere is a "viable means" for pathogens to move around, to be carried from one continent to another. He suspects that plant (not human) pathogens would be more likely to be transported, since there are so many more of them.

There goes the banana!

[–]exPFCwintergreen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Just about the cruising altitude for most long-distance commercial flights, but some are going almost to 40,000 ft. unless the pilot was lying. Now, I really should read the article.

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I had no idea that bacteria travels from Africa to Florida even, what a trip.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Me neither until I saw this article

[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i find it beautiful, that there is a speck of life in every raindrop and snowflake.. unless its weaponized anthrax.

btw the amazon is only fertile b/c the winds carry sand from the sahara across the atlantic