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 397 - Ignobel Prize '20 - Physics
Episode 396 - Is that food safe to eat
Episode 395 - Learning from unusual plants
Episode 394 - Travelling through time with telescopes
Episode 393 - Microbial life in a teaspoon of the ocean
Episode 392 - How brains process and overload of information
Episode 391 - Mysteries of the sun, stellar weather and magnetic fields
Episode 390 - Cool fabrics, melting ice and recycling e-waste
Episode 389 - Chronic Pain, Ears, Long lasting Electrodes
Episode 388 - Cleaning, drinking and shaping water
Episode 387 - Black holes dancing, colliding and third wheeling
Episode 386 - T-rex, Raptors and Giant Squid go a hunting
Episode 385 - Understanding what makes water stick together
Episode 384 - Plants regenerating and fighting off invaders
Episode 383 - Pulsars and fast radio bursts
Episode 382 - Animals keeping watch on our environment
Episode 381 - A good nights sleep and finding it hard to wake up in the morning
Episode 380 - New comets, touching an asteroid and the moon
Episode 379 - Colourful feathers on dinosaurs and birds today
Episode 378 - Maple Syrup Golden tongues and antioxidants
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