nedhepburn: nybg: Amazon Fungi Help Create Clouds, Rain If scientists are correct in their research, the Amazon rain forest might have just been the Amazon forest if not for mushrooms and other fungi. The research, undertaken in an Amazon region with “pristine” air—a location where no human pollutants are detectable—has shown that it’s the fungi which contribute most to a feedback loop of wet weather. Microscopic, potassium-rich particles released by spore-launching fungi drift up into the atmosphere above the forest, “seeding” the sky for rain by providing a surface the water can condense on. This, in turn, supports the fungi and other plants down on the ground.

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nybg:

Amazon Fungi Help Create Clouds, Rain

If scientists are correct in their research, the Amazon rain forest might have just been the Amazon forest if not for mushrooms and other fungi.

The research, undertaken in an Amazon region with “pristine” air—a location where no human pollutants are detectable—has shown that it’s the fungi which contribute most to a feedback loop of wet weather. Microscopic, potassium-rich particles released by spore-launching fungi drift up into the atmosphere above the forest, “seeding” the sky for rain by providing a surface the water can condense on. This, in turn, supports the fungi and other plants down on the ground.

Source: mnn.com
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