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The adsorption of fungal ice-nucleating proteins on mineral dusts: a terrestrial reservoir of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles
Daniel O'Sullivan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and
Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Benjamin J. Murray
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and
Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
James F. Ross
School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular
Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
now at: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Michael E. Webb
School of Chemistry and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular
Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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In the absence of particles which can trigger freezing, cloud droplets can exist in a supercooled liquid state well below the melting point. However, the sources of efficient ice-nucleating particles in the atmosphere are uncertain. Here we show that ice-nucleating proteins produced by soil fungi can bind to clay particles in soils. Hence, the subsequent dispersion of soil particles into the atmosphere acts as a route through which biological ice nucleators can influence clouds.
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