Skies Full of Life: Microbes May Thrive in the High Atmosphere http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Each year, hundreds of millions of metric tons of dust, water, and humanmade pollutants make their way into the atmosphere, often traveling between continents on jet streams. Now a new study confirms that some microbes make the trip with them, seeding the skies with billions of bacteria and other organisms -- and potentially affecting the weather.



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