[SunkenCiv]

40 per cent of hydrocarbons in today's dust come from water-dependent plants

Frogs eat the plants, then fart... ;')

[Carry_Okie]

40 per cent of hydrocarbons in today's dust come from water-dependent plants.

Pretty big bucket there. I assume they are talking about algae too? Are they including the sheath bacteria that live on the plants? The latter are important (particularly Pseudomonas syringae), as the surfactants they exude may play a key role in nucleating raindrops on the way to the Amazon.

We have a lot to learn when it comes to driving this bus.