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    Microorganisms can travel long distances in the troposphere

    2024-09-11T15:00:00Z

    Air samples taken at altitudes up to 3,000 metres over Japan unveil the presence of a wide array of microbes, some of which are potentially pathogenic to humans, transported thousands of kilometers by aerosols originating in northeast China.

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    The Rahlff lab

    2024-06-06T13:21:00Z

    The Aero-Aquatic Virus Research Group led by Dr. Janina Rahlff conducts basic research on microbial viruses from the surface microlayer, which is the 1-mm thick ‘skin’ of a water body’s surface, and in atmospheric ecosystems.

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    Marine biota births new atmospheric particles in the South Pacific Ocean

    2023-11-28T09:52:00Z

    Scientists have found that nocturnal nanoparticle bursts that contain nitrogenous compounds originate when marine micro-organisms in the South Pacific Ocean apparently shield themselves from UV radiation. 

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    Scientists track global atmospheric spread of harmful microbes

    2023-07-19T11:43:00Z

    Researchers have published an article that helps to understand the intercontinental spread of harmful microorganisms through the atmosphere.

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    Bacteria found thousands of metres high in the sky

    2023-05-16T09:20:00Z

    Researchers have discovered the widespread presence of prokaryotic and eukaryotic eDNA in the atmosphere, including pathogenic bacteria and bacteria previously unknown to be present in the atmosphere but found in other extreme environments such as deep-sea sediment.