Abstract:Abstract. The formation of clouds is an important process for the atmosphere, the hydrological cycle, and climate, but also a difficult one to predict because some aspects of the transformations of aerosol particles into cloud droplets are still not well understood. In this work, we show that microorganisms might affect cloud formation without leaving the Earth's surface by releasing biological surfactants (or biosurfactants) in the environment, that make their way into atmospheric aerosols and should signific… Show more
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