SCIENCE | FACTS | BEYOND | HISTORY | on Instagram: "When aquatic plants are placed in water and exposed to sunlight, tiny bubbles form on their leaves. Those bubbles aren’t air — they’re pure oxygen. Here’s what’s happening: • Sunlight hits the plant • Photosynthesis begins • Carbon dioxide is used • Oxygen is released as a by-product Underwater, that oxygen can’t escape easily, so it gathers into visible bubbles before floating to the surface. This simple phenomenon proves something powerful: ✨

Nature Animals Plants Geography on Instagram: "Video credits: @scottish.fungi @allthingsfungi @planet_fungi, Follow @explainingthewild for the best nature, animal, planet, and geography content 🧠⚙️ Watching a time-lapse of mushrooms growing reveals the rapid expansion of “fruiting bodies,” which are the reproductive structures of a vast underground network called mycelium. This growth is powered by hydraulic pressure; the mushroom pumps water into its cells, causing them to elongate at an incre