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  • PINΞ͒SʘUP

    Petrichor (/ˈpɛtrɪkɔːr/) is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek πέτρα petra, meaning "stone", and ἰχώρ īchōr, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.

    The term was coined in 1964 by two Australian CSIRO researchers, Isabel Joy Bear and Richard G. Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature.[1][2] In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, a metabolic by-product of certain actinobacteria, which is emitted by wet soil, producing the distinctive scent; ozone may also be present if there is lightning.[3] In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.[4]

  • [dday]

    If you're going to copy and paste stuff directly from Wikipedia, at least take the time to remove the reference numbers. It's frankly insulting.

  • PINΞ͒SʘUP

    [dday] wrote:

    If you're going to copy and paste stuff directly from Wikipedia, at least take the time to remove the reference numbers. It's frankly insulting.

    It’s all a part of my works cited. You just can’t see it. I don’t want to plagiarize

  • Noah

    [dday] wrote:

    If you're going to copy and paste stuff directly from Wikipedia, at least take the time to remove the reference numbers. It's frankly insulting.

    He’s only following MLA

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