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# Microbes help form clouds, UCR co-authored study finds
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/noteworthy/microbes-help-form-clouds-ucr-co-authored-study-finds/
- Published: 2025-06-30T19:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T13:43:32.000Z
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Education, #brief, #herald-noteworthy:6859a23133df4700013bbbf3:2

[UC Riverside climate scientist Robert Allen co-authored groundbreaking research showing how microorganisms create cloud-forming particles](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-are-just-beginning-to-understand-how-life-makes-clouds-and-their-discoveries-may-drastically-improve-climate-science-180986872/?ref=raincrossgazette.com), with findings suggesting tree restoration's climate benefits may be significantly underestimated in current models.