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Overview of biological ice nucleating particles in the atmosphere.

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The primary ice nucleation mechanisms, and measurements and model simulations of atmospheric biological INPs, are described and the ice nucleating properties from diverse sources such as soils or dust, vegetation, leaves and pollen grains, sea spray, and fresh waters are summarized.
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This article is published in Environment International.The article was published on 2021-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 85 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ice nucleus.

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The adsorption of fungal ice-nucleating proteins on mineral dusts: a terrestrial reservoir of atmospheric ice-nucleating particles

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that proteins from a common soil-borne fungus (Fusarium avenaceum) preferentially bind to and confer their ice-nucleating properties to kaolinite, and once bound the proteins do not readily desorb, retaining much of the activity even after multiple washings with pure water.

Clarifying the Dominant Sources and Mechanisms of Cirrus Cloud Formation

TL;DR: In this paper, the composition of the residual particles within cirrus crystals after the ice was sublimated was determined in situ, showing that mineral dust and metallic particles are the dominant sources of residual particles, whereas sulfate and organic particles are underrepresented, and elemental carbon and biological materials are essentially absent.

The SPectrometer for Ice Nuclei (SPIN): A new instrument to investigate ice nucleation

TL;DR: The SPIN is a continuous flow diffusion chamber with parallel plate geometry based on the Zurich Ice Nucleation Chamber and the Portable ice nucleation chamber as discussed by the authors, which is a commercially available ice nucleating particle (INP) counter.

Contribution of Feldspar and Marine Organic aerosols to global ice nucleating particles concentrations

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a global model of INP concentrations relevant for mixed-phase clouds based on laboratory and field measurements of ice nucleation by K-feldspar (an ice active component of desert dust) and marine organic aerosols (from sea spray).
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Primary biological aerosol particles in the atmosphere: a review

TL;DR: A review of the current knowledge on major categories of primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP): bacteria and archaea, fungal spores and fragments, pollen, viruses, algae and cyanobacteria, biological crusts and lichens and others like plant or animal fragments and detritus is presented in this article.
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Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

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TL;DR: This Consensus Statement documents the central role and global importance of microorganisms in climate change biology and puts humanity on notice that the impact of climate change will depend heavily on responses of micro organisms, which are essential for achieving an environmentally sustainable future.
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Heterogeneous ice nucleation on atmospheric aerosols: a review of results from laboratory experiments

TL;DR: In this paper, the ice nucleation active surface site (INAS) density is discussed as a simple and empirical normalized measure for ice nucleization activity, and the authors compare the results obtained with different methodologies.
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Ice nucleation by particles immersed in supercooled cloud droplets

TL;DR: Aerosol species which have been identified in the past as potentially important ice nuclei are introduced and their ice-nucleating ability when immersed in a supercooled droplet is addressed and the importance of ice nucleation by different aerosol types is estimated.
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Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactions

TL;DR: A review of the state of bioaerosol research, highlights recent advances, and outlines future perspectives in terms of identification, characterization, transport and transformation processes, as well as their interactions with climate, health, and ecosystems, focusing on the role bio-aerosols play in the Earth system.
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