photosynthesis

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Corrections to the false ad hominem pejoratives made above with the courage of anonymity - my "entire scientific career" as a biological chemist has NOT been in the area of pharmacology though a dozen years or so have been; nearly all my career has been in the general area of plant biochemistry, including photosynthesis, that is acutely relevant to the biology of climate change.

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  1. noun The process in green plants and certain other organisms by which carbohydrates are synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using light as an energy source. Most forms of photosynthesis release oxygen as a byproduct.

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  • A side effect of photosynthesis was the "pollution" of Earth's atmosphere with oxygen. —  F ;SF; - vol 089 issue 06 - December 1995
  • Life independent of photosynthesis is at least possible there. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 02 - February 1997
  • Three and a half billion years ago the cyanobacteria developed photosynthesis -- using the energy of sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 03 - September 1996
  • The basic reaction of photosynthesis is the following CO 2 +H 2 O+light (right-arrow) (CH 2 O)+O 2 The "light" in this reaction is a photon captured by a large, organic molecule called chlorophyll. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
  • He has built his scientific career on researching photosynthesis, the process in which the planet's green organisms integrate sunlight, carbon dioxide, nutrients, and water to produce oxygen and carbohydrates, creating biomass. —  Impact Lab
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  1. New Latin, from Greek φῶς (φωτ-), light, + σύνθεσ, σ1ις, synthesis.
 

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