The top three layers of water molecules form a distinct boundary between the H2O below them and the air above Olga Nikonova/Shutterstock
Scientists have finally pinned down the precise thickness of the barrier between water and air. This finding could offer fresh insights into atmospheric science and even help ramp up renewable energy production.
“We have water in our human body, we have water in the atmosphere. Water is everywhere, but there’s still a huge lack of knowledge about water,” says Martin Thämer at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Germany.
