Could Your Herb Garden Be Nature's Air Conditioner?

Eva Kellner — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:20:48 +0000

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Let It (Fake) Snow!

Joe Schwarcz PhD — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered how ski hill operators make snow? Actually, they don't make snow, they make tiny beads of ice, each one about one ten-thousandth of an inch in diameter. It all starts with spraying water from a hose together with compressed air. The air is needed because as it quickly expands, its temperature drops. This is known as the Joule-Thomson effect named after James Prescott Joule and William Thomson, who is better known as Lord Kelvin, having been knighted by Queen Victoria.

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Could Your Herb Garden Be Nature's Air Conditioner?

Let It (Fake) Snow!