Gizmodo : reported that Watch Raindrops Launch Swarms of Bacteria Into the Air

As the misty air hits your taste buds, millions of tiny soil bacteria suddenly cry out in terror, and are suddenly silenced. AdvertisementSponsored"After we published that [study], a researcher in the UK asked if we'd ever looked at bacteria," Buie said. "When you pour yourself a soda, you see that fizz, above the surface," Buie told Gizmodo. For every raindrop that hits the ground, up to thousands of bacteria are catapulted into the air, trapped inside tiny beads of water. AdvertisementBuie's latest work, published this week in Nature Communications, finds that light rainstorms could be catapulting bacteria into the air en masse.

High-Resolution Imaging Reveals How Raindrops Spread Bacteria Into The Air

To observe the effect of raindrops on soil filled with bacteria, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used high-resolution cameras and provided a new insight into the process. When raindrops hit the ground, microbes living in the soil could be splashed into the air and carried through the wind. So, it turns out if the soil is contaminated with bacteria and it rains, aerosols could launch bacteria off the ground. High resolution images show that raindrops can act as a dispersing agent, causing to send bacteria long distances. Each aerosol can carry up to several thousand bacteria from the soil and that bacteria can remain alive for more than an hour afterward.

Raindrops Can Spread Bacteria into the Air • Beacon Transcript

A new study from MIT shows that rain can actually spread bacteria. They need more studies to see how exactly rain disperses bacteria and how these bacteria can affect the living creatures around. Sprinkler systems have droplets similar to raindrops, so even humans might contribute to the spreading of bacteria. This study offers an insight in the world of bacteria and the role of rain in spreading diseases. If aerosols can spread any diseases so easily, imagine what implications they might have if deadly bacteria reach plants, animals, and humans.



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