Petrichor
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Petrichor is the earthy scent often associated with rain falling on dry soil or rock. The term was introduced by Australian researchers Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Grenfell Thomas in a 1964 paper in N
Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop
Water drop on the leaf of a flowering plant after rain
A leaf with droplets on damp soil
Springtail
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Springtails form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects, the others being Protura and Diplura. Although the three lineages are sometimes grouped tog
Petrichor
…arise from evolutionarily conserved genes common to most all species of genus Streptomyces, and that these specific compounds mediate attraction of springtails (genus Collembola), an attraction that is conjectured to be mutually beneficial. Further research suggests that humans can detect imminent rain by the…
Orchesella cincta
Isotoma anglicana (Entomobryomorpha) with visible furcula
Deutonura monticola (Poduromorpha)
A species of Sminthurinae (Symphypleona: Sminthuridae)