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To: CPT Clay; Carry_Okie
40 per cent of hydrocarbons in today's dust come from water-dependent plants
Frogs eat the plants, then fart... ;')
19 posted on 11/12/2009 6:19:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv
40 per cent of hydrocarbons in today's dust come from water-dependent plants.

Pretty big bucket there. I assume they are talking about algae too? Are they including the sheath bacteria that live on the plants? The latter are important (particularly Pseudomonas syringae), as the surfactants they exude may play a key role in nucleating raindrops on the way to the Amazon.

We have a lot to learn when it comes to driving this bus.

31 posted on 11/12/2009 7:10:24 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Islam offers three choices: surrender, fight, or die.)
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