Imagine you want a banana for lunch tomorrow, but all the bananas aren't ripe enough to eat yet. Well, there is a way to ripen bananas faster so they can be eaten tomorrow. The ripening process of bananas is studied because people are curious about how to ripen bananas faster and keep them ripe longer. Ripening is studied because scientists are curious about what factors would make bananas ripen faster or what exactly makes bananas ripen (Opara, 2013 p.1). People from all over the world have discovered how to ripen bananas faster at home (Upton, 2010). Scientists have also looked extensively at how to ripen bananas faster in their laboratories (Opara, 2013 p.2). Bananas ripen through different processes and people share tips on the best ways to ripen bananas faster and there are two ways to do it and they all need ethylene gas to ripen. Let's start by trapping ethylene gas. This is one of the ways to ripen bananas faster (Upton, 2010) and the best thing to use to trap ethylene gas is to use a paper bag. To speed up the ripening process, place a banana in a paper bag along with another fruit such as an apple, pear, tomato, or another banana (Upton, 2010). The paper bag traps ethylene gas from the banana and other fruit. Placing a banana in a paper bag together with another fruit is one of the special ways to ripen bananas (Landau, 1999). This exposes it to the same gas that helps bananas ripen (Opara, 2013 p.1). Some people like to put apples and bananas together so that the bananas ripen faster. Hey, how about putting the banana in the fridge? Placing the banana in the refrigerator can ripen the bananas faster, but keep them ripe longer (Chiquita, 2013). This is one of the processes... half the paper......sell the banana in various storage conditions. International Journal of Fruit Science, 13(4), 373. doi:10.108/15538362.2013.748378Upton, C. (2010). How to speed up and slow down the ripening of bananas. Retrieved from http://brokensecrets.com/2010/02/03/how-to-accelerate-and-slow-banana%20ripening/ReferencesChiquita. (2013). Ripening and storing bananas. Retrieved from (http://www.chiquitabananas.com/Banana-Information/selecting-handling-ripening-bananas.aspxLandau, E. (1999). A Real Book: Bananas. New York, NY: Children's PressOpara, U. ( 2013).Postharvest responses of Cavendish banana 'Malindi' to various storage conditions. International Journal of Fruit Science, 13(4), 373. doi:10.108/15538362.2013.748378Upton, C. (2010). //brokensecrets.com/2010/02/03/how-to-accelerate-and-slow-banana%20ripening./