Bugs in the atmosphere: Study finds substantial microorganism populations in troposphere
Friday, March 1, 2013 - 07:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org)—In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers used genomic techniques to document the presence of significant numbers of living microorganisms – principally bacteria – in the middle and upper troposphere, that section of the atmosphere approximately four to six miles above the Earth's surface.