Plumes Across the Pacific Deliver Thousands of Microbial Species to West Coast
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 10:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Microorganisms - 99 percent more kinds than had been reported in findings published just four months ago - are leaping the biggest gap on the planet. Hitching rides in the upper troposphere, they're making their way from Asia across the Pacific Ocean and landing in North America.