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SODIUM CHLORIDE. “The major cations and anions of rainwater come from several sources. Salts are picked up by winds blowing across large stretches of open ocean.” https://lnkd.in/ete8CApd View in LinkedIn

DRIVERS OF FLUX. “Rainwater is a mixed electrolyte that contains varying amounts of major and minor ions. Sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, chloride, bicarbonate, and sulfate ions are major constituents, together with ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, and other nitrogenous compounds.” https://lnkd.in/ete8CApd View in LinkedIn

VARIABLE SOLUTES. “Rainwater has a complex chemical composition that varies from place to place, as well as from shower to shower and season to season in the same place. Rainwater contains some constituents of local origin, and some that have been transported by winds from elsewhere.” https://lnkd.in/ete8CApd View in LinkedIn

“WEATHERING rocks, and their redistribution by plants and animals. It is probable that the pH of rainwater, as well as the amount of rain and its contained cations and anions, has an important influence on the weathering of minerals and rocks in any locality.” https://lnkd.in/ete8CApd View in LinkedIn

VAST PH RANGES. “The pH of rainwater in any area varies considerably and seems to form a seasonal and regional pattern. The recorded pH values range from 3.0 to 9.8.” https://lnkd.in/ete8CApd View in LinkedIn

IONIC BREW. “The stability of soil clay minerals is influenced by the constant accession of cations from rainwater. Conversely, the clay minerals modify the amounts and kinds of cations that are leached out by drainage waters. The stability of micaceous minerals in soils may be partly due to accessions of K+1 ions from rainwater.” https://lnkd.in/ete8CApd View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend and concludes this weekend on the topic of the constant flux of rocks. Geology is about constant transformations and highly dynamic processes occurring at large time and space scales with an enormous variety of components, resulting in a staggering diversity of rocks. https://lnkd.in/ete8CApd View in LinkedIn

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NEMATODES, or roundworms, are among the most abundant animals on the planet. But when researchers looked at a variety of nematodes, they found the very same types of chemicals being combined and used for communication, says Paul Sternberg, professor of biology. “It really does look like we’ve stumbled upon the letters or words of a universal nematode language, the syntax of which we don’t yet fully understand.” https://lnkd.in/eUkRKpG5. View in LinkedIn