Rain cloud is mostly made of bacteria

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Rain cloud is mostly made of bacteria [1]

Not Soot And Dust, But Bugs Serve As Nuclei For Raindrops
Jim Robbins

Bozeman (Montana): Walking across the campus of Montana State University here, David Sands, a plant pathologist, says the blanket of snow draped over the mountains around town contains a surprise. The cause of most of it, he said, is a living organism, a bacterium, called pseudomonas syringae.

Publication Date:

26/05/2010

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]

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Atmosphere And Ozone Layer [3], Atmosphere Science [4], Times Of India (New Delhi) [2], Rainfall [5]

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