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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 leaves. its absorbed, digested, and 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,...

And only after i came back, i realised, "hey, theres definitely "a connection to the air quality in china and my personal health". thats when it clicked and i realised i have to do 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 ...

But the benefit is the density of the moss is pretty high, so we need this higher leaf—surface ratio to capture as much as possible. so now, we are going to take a sample. you? i can do it? for sure. lets tweeze some moss. got some. perfect. now we can have a look under the microscope. there we go. and its in the lab where well get to see moss�*s 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 sm...

And these are the green cells. and it means that the moss is still healthy because its green. but they are pretty powerful. really good. moss fan. well, yeah — i am, somehow! laughs as well as pulling pollutants out of the air, theres another advantage to these biofilters, too. heres a piece of moss and heres a thermal—imaging camera, and you can see the temperature is about room temperature. but look — when i point this at the air thats coming out of the moss, when you switch the ventilat...

And by binding those pollutants, we also help to decelerate climate change. youll already see these biofilters in several cities around the world, although you might not have realised that youre sitting in front of a load of moss. and to make sure the moss is as effective and long—lived as possible, the health of each moss mat can be monitored from hq. an algorithm can control the irrigation, depending on the individual conditions. so, in the future, i would envision that many buildings and th...

Deep inhalation and exhale if you live in the green, its easy to forget what life is like in the grey. the air literally can smell sweeter, and its definitely cleaner. 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....

Offered a rule change. id expect to see some wheeling and dealing. we know theyre going to meet bright and early tuesday morning ahead of the vote and hes going to have to make a pitch. right now theres at least five republicans who have said no way to kevin mccarthy and theyre going to hold firm on that and he couldnt lose more than four. even the republicans supporting him when i talk to them they say theyre headed into tuesday not quite knowing what is going to happen. david: wow, its going t...

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