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A possible role of ground-based microorganisms on cloud formation in the atmosphere
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- Ekström, Sanna (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM)
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- Nozière, Barbara (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM)
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- Hultberg, Malin (författare)
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Hortikultur,Horticulture
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- Alsberg, Tomas (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM)
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- Magnér, J. (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM)
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- Nilsson, E. D. (författare)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för tillämpad miljövetenskap (ITM)
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Artaxo, P. (författare)
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- 2010-01-29
- 2010
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Biogeosciences. - : Copernicus GmbH. - 1726-4170 .- 1726-4189. ; 7:1, s. 387-394
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Abstract
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- The formation of clouds is an important process for the atmosphere, the hydrological cycle, and climate, but some aspects of it are not completely understood. In this work, we show that microorganisms might affect cloud formation without leaving the Earth’s surface by releasing biological surfactants (or biosurfactants) in the environment, that make their way into atmospheric aerosols and could significantly enhance their activation into cloud droplets. In the first part of this work, the cloud-nucleating efficiency of standard biosurfactants was characterized and found to be better than that of any aerosol material studied so far, including inorganic salts. These results identify molecular structures that give organic compounds exceptional cloud-nucleating properties. In the second part, atmospheric aerosols were sampled at different locations: a temperate coastal site, a marine site, a temperate forest, and a tropical forest. Their surface tension was measured and found to be below 30 mN/m, the lowest reported for aerosols, to our knowledge. This very low surface tension was attributed to the presence of biosurfactants, the only natural substances able to reach to such low values. The presence of strong microbial surfactants in aerosols would be consistent with the organic fractions of exceptional cloud-nucleating efficiency recently found in aerosols, and with the correlations between algae bloom and cloud cover reported in the Southern Ocean. The results of this work also suggest that biosurfactants might be common in aerosols and thus of global relevance. If this is confirmed, a new role for microorganisms on the atmosphere and climate could be identified.
Ämnesord
- LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER -- Annan lantbruksvetenskap -- Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES -- Other Agricultural Sciences -- Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use (hsv//eng)
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- NATURAL SCIENCES
- NATURVETENSKAP
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