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Fun fact, geosmin (one of the main compounds in the smell) can be smelt by humans at staggeringly low concentrations (part per trillion!) For comparison, shark
by user_7832 6mo ago
Fun fact, geosmin (one of the main compounds in the smell) can be smelt by humans at staggeringly low concentrations (part per trillion!)
For comparison, sharks detect blood in water in the parts per million range (which itself is already super impressive.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin
https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/07/28/geosmin-why-we-smell-air-after-storm-13240 https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/07/28/geosmin-why-we-smell-ai...