stackyFACTSNature doesn't wait for optimal weather; she bullies the atmosphere into submission.
Nature doesn't wait for optimal weather; she bullies the atmosphere into submission. This particular strain of bacteria isn't content just sitting on a leaf. It gets swept into the sky and uses specialized proteins on its outer shell to arrange airborne water molecules into perfect ice lattices. By forcing precipitation at much warmer temperatures than physics normally allows, the bacteria literally make it rain just to hitch a ride back down to Earth's surface.
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