Gas emissions from mowed grass
Grass clippings release a burst of hydrocarbons as they dry.
References:
de Gouw, J.A. . . . and R. Fall. 1999. Emissions of volatile organic compounds from cut grass and clover are enhanced during the drying process. Geophysical Research Letters 26(April 1):811.
Sources:
Roger Atkinson
University of California, Riverside
900 University Avenue
123 Fawcett Laboratory
Riverside, CA 92521
Ray Fall
University of Colorado at Boulder
Department of Chemistry
Boulder, CO 80309
Joost A. de Gouw
University of Utrecht
Department of Physics and Astronomy
P.O. Box 800.00
3508 TA, Utrecht
Netherlands
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 14, April 3, 1999, p. 223. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
