PORTLAND, Ore. — Foliage on trees lining traffic routes could serve as low-tech pollution sensors, a new analysis suggests.
GREEN GATHERER Small particles of iron oxide trapped on the surfaces of leaves render the foliage magnetic. Leaves could be low-tech pollution sensors. IMAGE: Sadie Belica, Western Washington Univ. in Bellingham
The exhaust of many vehicles, particularly those that burn diesel, includes copious quantities of microscopic particles of many sizes.
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