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# It is a living organism (contains DNA or some analogue, and reproduces).
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O dear, I am just still trying to understand DNA and they do this to me. An
analogue of DNA! I have only just (almost) sorted Mitochondrial DNA in my head.
I should have put this in strange claims??
Microscopy-UK full menu of microscopy and microscopes on the web
A colony!!
So they have a Sociology Department?!
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Yet another bit of weirdness from downunder 
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Sure is; I'm gobsmaked.
This is a really difficult question I've asked.
Today, I was looking at whether bush fires here might cause rain.(weather?)
When Captain Cook first sailed up the East Coast of Australia, he commented on the number of bushfires he saw.
Aboriginal people used fire to farm/terra-form Australia. So much so, and for so long, that plants evolved to cope with the Aboriginal use of fire.
Many native seeds won't germinate even unless you blow smoke at them. You can even buy bottles of "Smokey Water" at plant nurseries to soak you native seeds in to make them germinate!
So I came across this article on bushfires and Eucalyptus.
http://www.bushfirecrc.com/search/do...ll%20small.pdf
On Volatile Organic Emissions ("VOCs") from Eucalyptus and Other fuels
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yes these do make cloud condensation nuclei.
They further make the amazing statement that many of these VOCs are produced in the ROOTS of the plants.
So is there also a "Wee Beastie" involvement in the soil?
(The Eucalyptus oil in the leaves is highly toxic -protection?-
and highly flammable -to make rain? cool the air??
and highly voatile-to make VOCs for rain?).
The "Blue Mountains" a rugged plateau West of Sydney looks blue becase of the amount of eucalyptus essential oil in the air.
So it/they changes light in some way?
This from another of my haunts The Permaculture Forums
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Hi Jana,
It is an interesting idea. Eucalypts have one of the highest volatile
organic compound (VOC) emission rates of any plant species.
Trees can control clouds/rain through these VOC because they form cloud
condensation nuclei (CCN) that provide a starting point for all cloud
droplets (i.e. a surface for water to condense on).
We typically think of forests increasing CCN and thus more clouds/rain. But at some point a large number of CCN will actually decrease rain because you have many surfaces and not enough water- so the result is many small droplets that are too small to fall to the surface.
cheers,
Alex
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Back to Nanobes.
Then, also today another article on clouds
Cloud, fog and precipitation
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The cloud classification system
I never realised there were so many types and at so many different heights.
So you would have to look at each different type of cloud and how it effects/affects weather. Are plants that smart?
So has anyone gone up in the stratosphere, sky, clouds, atmosphere, space to look for your nanobe babies?
This is all my brain can cope with for now.
