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

The troposphere constitutes the final frontier of global ecosystem research due to technical
challenges arising from its size, low biomass, and gaseous state. Using a vertical testing …

The dispersion of microorganisms through the atmosphere is a continual and essential
process that underpins biogeography and ecosystem development and function. Despite the …

The search for life beyond Earth has focused on Mars and the icy moons Europa and
Enceladus, all of which are considered a safe haven for life due to evidence of current or …

The microbiome of atmospheric dust events has raised increasing interest in the last
decade, resulting in numerous studies that characterized the different parameters affecting …

Background Bacteria emitted into the atmosphere eventually settle to the pedosphere via
sedimentation (dry deposition) or precipitation (wet deposition), constituting a part of the …

Antibiotic resistance has become a major Global Health concern and a better understanding
on the global spread mechanisms of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and intercontinental …

Current body fluid identification methods do not reveal any information about the time since
deposition (TsD) of biological traces, even though determining the age of traces could be …

While the presence of condensed water in clouds could have influence on the diversity of
bacteria circulating in the high atmosphere (multiplication or disruption of specific taxa) …

The Arctic is a hot spot for climate change with potentially large consequences on a global
scale. Aerosols, including bioaerosols, are important players in regulating the heat balance …