Richard Hollingham investigates if bacteria in the atmosphere can influence the weather and meets some of the scientists who are working in what has been called 'bioprecipitation'.
He talks to David Sands from Montana University, who coined the term, and visits labs in Avignon and London where researchers are trying to understand more about the impact of bacterial particles on our weather. If the complexities of bioprecipitation can be unravelled, it might be possible to turn the process to our advantage and use these extraordinary bacteria to encourage rainfall in drought-affected regions of the world.
Richard Hollingham investigates if bacteria in the atmosphere can influence the weather and meets some of the scientists who are working in what has been called 'bioprecipitation'.
He talks to...
World Weather
16.6.2009 09:37:19 |
Nick: JirkaPraha
In the South East certainly, and in other parts of the country too, the snow – or "snow event", as the Met Office insists on calling it – has been heavier than for many years, probably since 1991....
World Weather
3.2.2009 08:09:22 |
Nick: JirkaPraha
