The smell of geosmin is unmistakable: It's the odor that permeates the air after a summer rain squall or fills your nose while gardening. It's the smell of wet soil—an earthy, almost comforting scent.
Plants & Animals
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You may not have heard of geosmin but, wherever you may be on this planet, it is highly likely that you'd recognise its smell.
Cell & Microbiology
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In nature, vinegar flies are exposed to a wide variety of odor mixtures, which contain both attractive and repellent odors. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology have now discovered that repellent odors ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 18, 2019
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Many people have experienced a muddy off-flavor in farmed fish. While the aquaculture industry has known about the problem for 20 years, it continues to impact the consumption of otherwise healthy and potentially sustainable ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2023
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Take a whiff when it rains after a dry spell, and breathe in the earthy scent that pervades the air. That smell comes from decomposing bacteria, and scientists call the compound geosmin.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 1, 2019
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When those first fat drops of summer rain fall to the hot, dry ground, have you ever noticed a distinctive odor? I have childhood memories of family members who were farmers describing how they could always "smell rain" right ...
Environment
Aug 27, 2018
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