Humans are filling the atmosphere with more and more pollution. How does it get out of the air and where does it go? For complex pollutants in the atmosphere, having a bit of hydroxide around helps break it down but where does it come from? Hydroxide can spontaneously generate in droplets but it doesn't seem to need sunlight's or photo-chemistry. Spontaneous generation of hydroxide in water droplets helps clean up our atmosphere. Which trees are best at cleaning up the air around them? From conifers to broad leave trees which help keep our air clean the best? C is for conifer, and their leaves and needles help capture pollution out of the air. Broadleaf trees are well...broad and this helps them capture lots of air pollution.
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Episode 456 - Responding rapidly to bad smells
Episode 455 - Growing rocket fuel on Mars and greener jet fuel on earth
Episode 454 - Evolution‘s strange journeys in crabs, snakes and lizards
Episode 453 - The early days of our solar system
Episode 452 - Eureka Prizes 21 - Fighting back against viruses
Episode 452 - Eureka Prizes 21 - Fighting back against viruses
Episode 451 - Microbes and Metals as allies and enemies
Episode 450 - Dating lobsters and islands under the sea
Episode 449 - Ig nobel ‘21 Part 2- Weaving and colliding in crowds
Episode 448 - Ig Nobel ‘21 Part 1 - Invasion of the chewing gum
Episode 447 - Defending and recovering from floods in cities and the sea floor
Episode 446 - Brains and Guts connected in surprising ways
Episode 445 - De-carbonizing Transportation and Fertilizer
Episode 444 - Deadly Creatures in Australia for Nat. Sci Week
Episode 443 - Strange chemistry, ice, life and moons
Episode 442 - Just what is a metal anyway
Episode 441 - Augmenting the human body to keep it safe
Episode 440 - Turning off plants with a switch of a light
Episode 439 - The journey of humanity and its closet cousins
Episode 438 - Super fast and dense White Dwarfs and odd Supernova
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