Why is the smell of Arizona's monsoon so distinctive? It releases the aromas of the desert, one ecologist says.

Humans are remarkably sensitive to the smell of geosmin, in particular. In water, it can be detected at concentrations as low as 4 ng/L, which equates to about one teaspoon in 200 Olympic swimming ...

So, when you hear someone say: "It smells like rain's coming," or "I love the smell of rain," it's not all in your head. You're just smelling bacteria or lighting splitting atoms at the atomic level.

Hopefully you have a better appreciation for those times when you think to youself, “Hmmm, it smells like rain.” A bottle of Petrichor Les Trois 2011 at The Pass & Provision Wednesday, Jan. 7 ...

Therefore, as long as trace amounts of geosmin are present in the soil, rain will still smell like, well, rain! View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Berkeley Taylor (@kbtxberkeley) ...

You may have noticed a certain smell in the air that begins shortly before it starts to rain and lingers for a time after the clouds have passed. It's a pleasant, fresh, and earthy smell that can ...

I’ve heard people describe the smell of rain in many ways, ... “Eww, it smells like worms,” and they weren’t wrong. But never whiskey — until we installed our first rain barrel.

Smells like rain! Here's the science behind it. That earthy scent in the air after it rains has a name. And it turns out, your nose is picking up some pretty cool science!