Sulfur Cycling and Cloud Formation (IMAGE)

University of Georgia

Sulfur Cycling and Cloud Formation

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A simplified graphic shows the process by which bacterioplankton send sulfur found in decaying algae into the food web or into the atmosphere, where it leads to water droplet formation -- the basis of clouds that cool the Earth.

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Chris Reisch, University of Georgia

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