Can Bird Poop Make Clouds?
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Bird poop could help clouds form, keeping our planet a little bit cooler.
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(Primary Literature) Contribution of Arctic seabird-colony ammonia to atmospheric particles and cloud-albedo radiative effect: http://go.nature.com/2ftUAOs
Science News article on bird poop and clouds: http://bit.ly/2ftQ0jb
NASA on bright and dark clouds: http://go.nasa.gov/2ftUbLK
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Anna Rothschild
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Janet DeFilippo
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FOOTAGE AND IMAGES
Bird Photography Outtakes
Flickr/Ingrid Taylor
Monterey a rock with bird+their crap
Wikimedia Commons/Mrmariokartguy
Bagged Quano & Trolly
Wikimedia Commons/J.R. Mann
Grímsey puffins
Flickr/Jennifer Boyer
Guillemots on Bear Island Svalbard Arctic
Flickr/Gary Bembridge
Dreierprofil
Wikimedia Commons/Henning Allmers, halmers@uos.de
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Slide Whistle Down 01
Freesound/joedeshon
Slide Whistle Up 01
Freesound/joedeshon
Wink
Freesound/bennychico11
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