What’s in the air you breathe? - Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll

Together, nitrogen, oxygen and argon make up 99.93% of our air. So what’s the other .07%? Find out what makes up the air you breathe.

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Take a deep breath. In a single intake of air, your lungs swell with roughly 25 sextillion molecules, ranging from days-old compounds, to those formed billions of years in the past. In fact, many of the molecules you’re breathing were likely exhaled by members of ancient civilizations and innumerable humans since. But what exactly are we all breathing? Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll investigate.

Lesson by Amy Hrdina and Jesse Kroll, directed by Sharon Colman.

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[trex]

"No matter where you live, we all share the same air." Excellent line👍

[rohanpotukuchi]

I find it ironic that the character in a video about what we breathe doesn't have a XD

[shreyaspunjal]

Ted Ed: What's in the air?
Me: love?

[terramater]

Science communication at its best!
Our editorial team knows how much research, sweat and visual work scientific stories cost and it's awesome to see that Amy & Jesse always investigate every single detail, no matter how small it might be. Every single pollen, fungal spores, or liquid droplet is getting analyzed and visualized. Always nice to watch!

[youjustgotgooped]

Nobody:
Not a Single Soul:
TedEd: your breathing has been switched from automatic to manual have a good day

[Raiyanking]

Apparently on planet ZOID its 90% heroine

Man it must be a blast

[mr.aksh]

Once in childhood i breath air for first time, and now i am badly addicted to it. Cant do for even a single minute without it. 😭😭😭🥺🥺

[REEEPROGRAM]

When you are born, you get an addiction of breathing air for the rest of your life

[tonyrogers]

Let’s all appreciate the effort the ted Ed team go to produce such an interesting video!

[जजजीं]

No words to appreciate. Thank u Ted-ed❤️💝from 🇮🇳

[seatleny]

TED: take a deep breath
Also TED : Starts giving strokes by telling what things are getting in my body
Me: Geez please

[jamielluizdossantos]

I Discovered this channel and i'm Amazed!

[royina]

I wish Ted ed was the school I studied in! They make concepts so interesting. In school our teachers make interesting topics like Algebra boring and hard, unecessarily!

[jersonangeloarmecin]

The pandemic we are experiencing puts a great significance on something we found so trivial:Our ability to breathe😌

[joeljeshurun]

Ted ed is awesome! The animation designer deserves credit. 🙌

[hoangphuc]

Ted always has many compelling topics that appeal my curiosity to watch it.

[jonah]

It all feels so surreal when we think that maybe we just breathed in a molecule of air billions of years ago, and our breath given out now may get breathed by a plant years and years hence.

[markmarkmark]

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

[thoakim]

Don't know what to say here but nice info, I guess.

[shivannapv]

*insert mr.incredible meme but with "AIR IS AIR!" here*