Naturally Florida

I want to know, have you ever smelled the rain?


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If the title of this episode sounds familiar, you must be a Creedance Clearwater Revival fan like Shannon is!

Well, CCR might have actually been singing about seeing the rain but on today's episode of Naturally Florida, we're talking about smelling the rain. Rather, more accurately, we're talking about the smell before the rain, also known as Petrichor.


Learn more:

  • https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/escambiaco/2023/08/02/weekly
  • https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/students/highschool/chemistryclubs/infographics/petrichor-the-smell-of-rain.pdf
  • Sources:

    • https://news.mit.edu/2015/rainfall-can-release-aerosols-0114
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