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Scientists Discover Link Between Trees and Electricity

Posted by samzenpus on from the lightning-leaf dept.

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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  1. This is truly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shocking!

    1. Re:This is truly... by billybob2001 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Potentially.

    2. Re:This is truly... by busyqth · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...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.

    3. Re:This is truly... by martin-boundary · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ionic, isn't it?

  2. sudo make me a sandwich by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    sudo science freaks

    Anonymous Coward is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.