The magazine Chemical & Engineering News profiled the work of Kimberly Prather, distinguished chair in atmospheric chemistry at the University of California San Diego, on the bacteria and other microscopic particles ejected by the ocean that help form clouds and influence rainfall. Marine aerosols are a key focus of Prather's Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) at UC San Diego, where Prather has a dual appointment at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Watch C&EN's segment on Prather and CAICE in the series Speaking of Chemistry here.
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