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So, in the future, i would envision that many buildings and the facades of the buildings would be covered in our solutions and, of course, you could also have motorways — large stretches. you could also use our moss filters to clean and cool the air and maybe even protect it from noise. moss on its own wont solve the climate crisis, but in amongst the talk of inventing greener technologies, it may be worth taking a lead from something thats been right under our feet the whole time. after all, ...

0k. lets tweeze some moss. got some. perfect. now we can have a look on the microscope. here we go. and its in the lab where well get to see moss superpower. the plant acts a lot like a human lung, whose high surface area can absorb a lot of the air in one go. and just like the lungs of a smoker, which end up getting blackened by tar, moss could act like the lungs of a city, eventually being covered in the stuff that we dont want to breathe. so, this is from our one active product. and the black...

Get to see mosss super power. the plant acts a lot like a human lung, whose high surface area can absorb a lot of the air in one go. and just like the lungs of a smoker, which end up getting blackened by tar, moss could act like the lungs of a city, eventually being covered in the stuff that we dont want to breathe. so, this is from our one active products. and the black — the black bits are the... exactly. this is the fine dust or particles from polluted air. and these are the green cells. an...

But, look, when i point this at the air thats coming out of the moss, when you switch the ventilation on, look how much cooler it is. so, not only does this clean the air, it cools it too. and of course, pulling pollutants out of the atmosphere could help cool more than just your local surroundings. air pollution and climate change are also directly related. we have pollutants in air pollution — for instance, black carbon, which speed up the heating of the planet. and by binding those pollutan...

Something about the air quality in cities. for the past eight years, green city solutions have been growing moss up to 15 times faster than in nature. each moss mat takes just under 12 weeks to grow. and i have to say, theres something very soothing about being in their greenhouse. do you just come in here and stroke the moss? she laughs. when im stressed. they laugh. whats cool about moss is that this plant doesnt have roots, so they can capture all nutrients through the walls leaves, or leaf s...

Just outside berlin, this company is trying to freshen up our urban air. this is a biofilter which is sucking air in through the bottom and pumping it back out through this wall of moss. to illustrate that, weve got a smoke machine from the local discotheque. and if i just show you... there you go. its going in through the bottom and out through the moss. and what happens to the air as it comes back out through the moss is where the magic happens. moss eats pollution. it sticks to its tiny leave...

Then is turned into more moss. so, as fans draw dirty air in, the bad stuff is left on the moss leaves, leaving cleaner air to flow back out. the idea of using moss natural filtering properties came to the founder after he went for a jog. so, i was in shanghai, and i did a lot of exercise outdoors to get back in shape. i used to go out for runs, and after i think 2—3 months, i started to have difficulties breathing. and thats when i thought maybe i caught the flu, maybe i caught the cold, and ...

The world health organization says air pollution poses a major threat to health and climate, and it kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. now, were not all going to move back to nature, but what if we could bring nature into the cities? just outside berlin, this company is trying to freshen up our urban air. this is a bio—filter, which is sucking air in through the bottom and pumping it back out through this wall of moss. to illustrate that, weve got a smoke machine fro...

Of moss thats mopping up the mess in the air. thats easy for you to say. well find out if hydrogen can do the heavy lifting... and check out our latest merch. if you dont like the band, dont worry, the logo comes back off. once again, the leaders of the world have been coming together in an effort to fight climate change. as cop27 comes to a close in egypt, campaigners and climate scientists are warning some key commitments aimed at securing the future of the planet are at risk. in the year sinc...

As well as pulling pollutants out of the air, theres another advantage to these bio filters, too. heres a piece of moss, and heres a thermal imaging camera. and you can see the temperature�*s about, what, room temperature. but look — when i point this at the air thats coming out of the moss when you switch the ventilation on, look how much cooler it is. so not only does this clean the air, it cools it, too. and, of course, pulling pollutants out of the atmosphere could help cool more than ju...