Bacteria from the ocean floor could be influencing Arctic weather

Scientists have identified a surprising new mechanism that could be impacting cloud formation and weather patterns in the Arctic - bacteria from the ocean floor.
When tiny, plantlike ocean microbes known as phytoplankton die, their bodies sink to the bottom of the sea, becoming food for bacteria residing there. New observations made in the Bering and Chukchi seas off the coast of Alaska suggest that under the right conditions, these algae-eaters are sloshed to the surface, and from there, wafted