Flipboard Science DeskA team of scientists in Spain and Japan has found live fungi, bacteria and viruses thousands of meters in the Earth’s atmosphere. For their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group chartered a plane and collected air samples over Japan at altitudes of 1,000 to 3,000 meters. The team ended up finding 266 types of fungi and 305 types of bacteria up in the atmosphere. Read more from Phys.org.
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Researchers find live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere
A team of climate, health and atmospheric specialists in Spain and Japan has found abundant live fungi, bacteria and viruses high in the Earth's atmosphere. In their study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group collected air samples from altitudes of 1,000–3,000 meters.