Scientists Discover Link Between Trees and Electricity 173
An anonymous reader writes "Everyone knows trees give us all oxygen so we can breathe, but according to Australian scientists, they also affect the concentration of positive and negative ions in the air. A team from the Queensland University of Technology's International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health ran experiments in six locations all over Brisbane and found that positive and negative ion concentrations in the air were two times higher in heavily wooded areas than in open grassy areas, such as parks."
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Shocking!
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Re:Seems kind of obvious that this should be true (Score:3, Funny)
Static electricity occurs when one thing rubs against another thing . Trees have a lot more surface area for the wind to rub against than empty fields.
Is that the feeling we get from sex?
Re:Seems kind of obvious that this should be true (Score:5, Funny)
Static electricity occurs when one thing rubs against another thing . Trees have a lot more surface area for the wind to rub against than empty fields.
Is that the feeling we get from sex?
You're asking this on Slashdot?
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Potentially.
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I just spent several seconds wondering why GOP sponsored science required root access. "Pseudo" is the word you were looking for.
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Ion dont know. I cant be positive that I read this somewhere else. But maybe I am putting too much spin on this...
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...negative ion concentrations in the air were two times higher in heavily wooded areas
I am not going into the woods -- there is so much negative energy there.
Re:Seems kind of obvious that this should be true (Score:4, Funny)
Static electricity occurs when one thing rubs against another thing . Trees have a lot more surface area for the wind to rub against than empty fields.
Is that the feeling we get from sex?
You're asking this on Slashdot?
The fact that someone posting on slashdot has to ask what sex feels like doesn't surprise me at all.
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Maybe you should keep your eyes on the road.
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sudo science freaks
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They read it wrong, and thought it was the 'hardwood' category.