Can Fungi Control the Weather? Scientists Say It’s Possible

Can Fungi Control the Weather? Scientists Say It’s Possible

Fungi may hold a little-known key to ice formation in clouds. Can fungi affect the weather? It may sound unlikely, but new research suggests they just might. An international team of researchers, including Virginia Tech scientists Xiaofeng Wang and Boris A. Vinatzer, has identified fungal proteins that can trigger ice formation at relatively warm subzero [...]

Fungal proteins open new pathways for weather modification

An international group of researchers discovered three fungal proteins that can catalyze ice formation at high subzero temperatures. They published their findings in Science Advances. This discovery could enable scientists to engineer weather. The proteins were found in three fungal species: Mortierella alpina, Entomortierella parvispora and Podila clonocystis. Particles called ice nucleators, which can trigger… The post Fungal ice nucleation pr…

Discovery of Fungi Linked to Ice Formation: Understanding Their Role in Cryogenic Processes

U.S. and German researchers have discovered a unique fungal protein capable of freezing water at relatively warmer subzero temperatures. This breakthrough opens up exciting possibilities for safer cloud seeding, enhanced climate models, and innovative advancements in food preservation and medicine. Mortierellomycetes and Umbelopsidomycetes fungi from freshwater ecosystems in Korea. Image credit: Goh et al., doi: [...] The post Discovery of Fungi…

Fungi Found to Trigger Ice Formation

A team of researchers from the United States and Germany has identified fungal proteins that can freeze water at relatively warm subzero temperatures, raising the prospect of safer cloud seeding, improved climate models and new advances in food preservation and medicine. The post Fungi Found to Trigger Ice Formation appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.