Showing posts with label air. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air. Show all posts

Saturday, November 1, 2008

It Does Grow On Trees!

Plants draw water up and out through their leaves. Scientists have figured out how to duplicate the minute structure of a plant to use this anti-gravity process to our advantage. It can be used to humidify, purify and modified to disperse heat.

[Source: Science Daily]

Plants also scrub carbon dioxide out of the air. A scientist wants to develop huge air filter "trees" that will trap CO2. What to do with it once captured seems to be the sticking point.

[Source: BBC News]