Raindrops Spur Soil-Filled Mist (VIDEO)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Scientists have found that rain triggers the release of a mist of particles from wet soils into the air, a finding with consequences for how scientists model our planet's climate and future. The evidence comes in the form of tiny glassy spheres, less than one-hundredth the width of a human hair, discovered in the Great Plains.

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