All about the way plants turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food.

Photosynthesis isn’t just a single process ... 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) as one part of a catalytic cycle called the ...

Similarly, we might think of plants using carbon dioxide and sunlight for photosynthesis and producing oxygen and glucose. How can we determine whether carbon dioxide is actually being used or ...

(A) Photosynthesis in land plants fixes atmospheric CO2 (inorganic carbon) as organic carbon, which is either stored as plant biomass or in soil, or is decomposed back to CO2 through plant and ...

This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global carbon cycle and organisms that conduct photosynthesis represent the lowest level in most food chains (Figure 1). Most living things ...

In this book, experts explain the intricate mechanisms of photosynthesis and the potential for using and improving photosynthetic organisms, plants and trees to sequester carbon dioxide and to provide ...

More information: Jiameng Lai et al, Terrestrial photosynthesis inferred from plant carbonyl sulfide uptake, Nature (2024).

When there is no light, at night-time for instance, photosynthesis stops completely. Farmers use lights to extend the growing cycle of vegetable plants, making sure we all have enough food to eat ...

Photosynthesis can occur in surface plants ... seagrasses and other forms of sea life interact sheds light on Earth’s carbon cycle. Carbon, a chemical element, is found in all organic matter ...

After being absorbed through the stomata, carbon dioxide attaches to Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP), an organic molecule that "kickstarts" a part of photosynthesis called the Calvin cycle.