Termites as a possible emission source of alpha-pinene (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Termites as a possible emission source of alpha-pinene

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Recently, scientists discovered a reversed ratio of the two chiral forms of alpha-pinene in the Amazon rainforest. Nora Zannoni and her colleagues consider nests of termites as a possible emission source.

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Nora Zannoni, MPI for Chemistry

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