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The scent of snow is getting stronger

Posted by Robin on 7 February 2022 8 Comments

But snow has a scent, and researchers say that scent depends on what’s in the ground and the air. And as both the atmosphere and the land are getting warmer, the scent of snow is getting stronger.

Johan Lundstrom, a professor of clinical neuroscience who describes himself as a “smell researcher” at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, said because snow’s smell reflects the impurities in the air, the flakes in Wisconsin smell different from snow in Sweden, and from snow in a city.

— Read more in Climate change is altering the smell of snow at The Washington Post.

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  1. Vee says:
    7 February 2022 at 2:15 pm

    So what they’re say is, Lorelei Gilmore really *can* smell snow. 🙂

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    • Robin says:
      7 February 2022 at 5:22 pm

      I did not watch that show but I take it that she smells snow!

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  2. lillyjo says:
    7 February 2022 at 7:25 pm

    Quote from my daughter on this article
    ” snow basically smells like water. Oh… and clouds” ?

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    • Robin says:
      7 February 2022 at 9:43 pm

      🙂

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  3. lillyjo says:
    7 February 2022 at 7:29 pm

    Demeter Snow really does smell like snow at the end of winter.

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    • Robin says:
      7 February 2022 at 9:44 pm

      Yes! Christopher Brosius came up with that one.

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  4. Jalapeno says:
    7 February 2022 at 7:57 pm

    Makes perfect sense to me that snow has a scent. After all, people talk about petrichor all the time.

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    • Robin says:
      7 February 2022 at 9:44 pm

      Yes, exactly.

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