What is Petrichor?
'''Petrichor''' ({{pron-en|ˈpɛtrɨkər}}) is the name of the [[scent]] of [[rain]] on dry [[dirt]]. The term was created by two [[Australian]] [[researcher]]s for an article in the [[journal]] ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]].<ref>{{Cite journal | volume = 201 | issue = 4923 | pages = 993–995 | last = Bear | first = I.J. | title = Nature of argillaceous odour | journal = Nature | date = March 1964 | doi = 10.1038/201993a0 | bibcode = 1964Natur.201..993B | s2cid = 4189441 }}</ref>'' ==References== {{Reflist}} {{science-stub}} [[Category:Soil]]