Photosynthesis
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Are Trees Vegetarian?
By Laura Geggel published
Humans can be vegetarians, choosing to forgo meat, but what about trees? After all, trees need only soil, sunlight and water to survive, right?
Coral 'Twilight Zone' Reveals New Type of Photosynthesis
By Stephanie Pappas published
Low-light algae living in coral have evolved a never-before-seen way to capture energy.
Earth Gets Greener as Globe Gets Hotter
By Tia Ghose published
Carbon dioxide emissions are fueling more verdant landscapes around the globe, but the potentially temporary greening doesn't mean global warming is good.
Bacterial Slime Acts As Teensy Eyeball
By Tia Ghose published
Cyanobacteria may use their whole body as a light-gathering apparatus, similar to a camera that helps the primitive organisms "see" and move toward light.
Volcanoes May Explain Delay in Earth's Oxygen
By Charles Q. Choi published
It is a mystery why oxygen didn't suffuse the Earth's atmosphere until much after the earliest lifeforms that make oxygen arose. Now, new research suggests a reason for the delay.
Climate Change Scrambles Arctic Food Chain
By Becky Oskin published
The Arctic's shrinking sea ice is reshaping the region's food web from the bottom up, a new study reports.
Viruses Deflate Huge Algal Blooms at Sea
By Laura Geggel published
Gobs of microscopic organisms called algae may have met their match in viruses that can invade their cells, ultimately leading to death, new research suggests.
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