Environment
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The Evolution of Rain’s Distinct Scent and Its Role in Bacterial Propagation
The distinct, powerful smell of new rain is not just wet dirt, but a combination of ozone, bacterial spores, and plant oils. The mixture of different odors is called petrichor. Bacteria have used geosmin, the chemical compound in petrichor, to attract small arthropods for over 400 million years.
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