Saturday, May 28, 2011
Microbes Hitchhiking On Hailstones
Snow and ice usually form around a nucleus of dust, which helps the ice crystals aggregate--but pollen, spores and bacteria can serve as the nuclei of precipitation too. Montana State University Ph.D. student Alex Michaud discusses his search for microbes in hailstones.
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