Microbes ride dust plumes across ocean

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 16:31 in Earth & Climate

Thousands of species of microbes make the giant leap across the Pacific Ocean from Asia to North America by hitching rides on dust plumes high up in the atmosphere, a new study finds.

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