The atmosphere connects habitats across multiple spatial scales via airborne dispersal of
microbial cells, propagules and biomolecules. Atmospheric microorganisms have been …

Community coalescence is defined as the mixing of intact ecological communities. From
river confluences to fecal microbiota transplantation, community coalescence constitutes a …

PM 2.5 varies in source and composition over time and space as a complicated mixture.
Consequently, the health effects caused by PM 2.5 varies significantly over time and …

Although airborne bacteria and fungi can impact human, animal, plant, and ecosystem
health, very few studies have investigated the possible impact of their long-range transport …

The diversity of microbes and their transmission between ocean and atmosphere are poorly
understood despite the implications for microbial global dispersion and biogeochemical …

Desert dust intrusions cause the transport of airborne particulate matter from natural
sources, with important consequences for climate regulation, biodiversity, ecosystem …

During durst storms, also biological material is transported from arid areas such as the
Sahara Desert. In the present work, rain samples containing significant amounts of mineral …

This study assesses a plausible correlation between a dust intrusion episode and a daily
increase in COVID-19 cases. A surge in COVID-19 cases was observed a few days after a …

The glacier of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is influenced by the Indian monsoon and continental
westerlies. Wind flow can carry a variety of bacteria and disperse across the TP. Once these …

Airborne bacteria were characterized over a 2-y period via high-throughput massive
sequencing of 16S rRNA gene in aerosol samples collected at a background mountain …