Grass is greener on other side (of a storm)

YOUR eyes aren’t deceiving you if your lawn looks much greener after it has rained. There is a scientific reason why it does.

During a rainstorm, nitrogen in the soil is turned into nitrate, which is a key plant nutrient (and is widely used as a fertiliser).

Very quickly, the grass absorbs the nitrate to create more chlorophyll — the pigment that harnesses sunlight through photosynthesis and gives plants the energy to grow.

And as every school child knows, chlorophyll is green (indeed, its name is derived from the Greek word for the colour) — so the more it rains, the more your plants will turn green.