Trees May Play Role in Electrifying the Atmosphere (Study Suggests) Clues To Origins of Spirits, Ha

I came across this article today and thought that it would offer possible insights into the haunted wood/ spirit arena. Or for others it may give "green man" and "entering the wood" a whole new meaning .

Trees May Play Role in Electrifying the Atmosphere
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Plants have long been known as the lungs of the Earth, but a new finding has found they may also play a role in electrifying the atmosphere.

Scientists have long-suspected an association between trees and electricity but researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) think they may have finally discovered the link.

Dr Rohan Jayaratne and Dr Xuan Ling from QUT's International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH), led by Professor Lidia Morawska, ran experiments in six locations around Brisbane, including the Brisbane Forest Park, Daisy Hill and Mt Coot-tha.

They found the positive and negative ion concentrations in the air were twice as high in heavily wooded areas than in open grassy areas, such as parks.

Dr Jayaratne, who is also a member of QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), said that natural ions in the air were mainly created by ionisation due to two processes -- radiation from the trace gas radon in air and cosmic radiation from space.

Radon is a by-product of the radioactive decay of radium which is present in minute quantities in rocks and is continually exhaled by the ground.

"Because radium is found in rocks and radon is soluble in water, ground water is particularly rich in radon," he said.

I thought it might provide some additional link for solving mysteries such as the Untersberg as so wonderfully translated by skyfloating ( www.abovetopsecret.com... )