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Swimmin With The Fishies
Excerpt: Twenty years of research has led Dr. Graham Jones of Australia's Southern Cross University to discover a startling connection between coral reefs and coastal precipitation. According to Jones, a substance produced by thriving coral reefs seed clouds leading to precipitation in a long-standing natural process that is coming under threat due to climate change.
"Coral reefs produce a volatile substance called dimethylsulphide or DMS which oxidizes in the atmosphere to produce cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). These are tiny sulphur aerosol particles around which water vapor condenses to form clouds," Jones explained to mongabay.com, adding that, "water vapor cannot form clouds without these tiny aerosol particles being present."
http://www.thenatureanimals.com/2010/03/climate-change-threatens-coral-reefs.html
"Coral reefs produce a volatile substance called dimethylsulphide or DMS which oxidizes in the atmosphere to produce cloud condensation nuclei (CCN). These are tiny sulphur aerosol particles around which water vapor condenses to form clouds," Jones explained to mongabay.com, adding that, "water vapor cannot form clouds without these tiny aerosol particles being present."
http://www.thenatureanimals.com/2010/03/climate-change-threatens-coral-reefs.html
