Serbia's surprising solution to air pollution — liquid trees – DW – 05/15/2024 - DW (English)
Serbia's surprising solution to air pollution - liquid trees - DW - 05/15/2024
Serbia's surprising solution to air pollution — liquid trees
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A team of scientists from the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Belgrade has come up with an innovation they hope will help improve air quality in urban areas: the LIQUID3, which is also known as the "liquid tree."
The liquid tree is actually an aquarium, an urban photo-bioreactor, that purifies the air in urban areas where there is not enough space to plant natural trees.
So far, three such liquid trees have been installed in Serbia— two in the capital, Belgrade, and one in the city of Uzice — and there are plans to "plant" more. There is also considerable interest from abroad.
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