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As long as the needles are green and there is light, photosynthesis is occurring. – Charlie Hall	Found on CNN 2 years ago
By the end of this century, if emissions keep rising, the average temperature on Earth could go up another four to eight degrees, what I'm saying is the planet's on f * ing fire. There are a lot of things we could do to put it out -- are any of them free ? No, of course not. Nothing's free, you idiots. Grow the f k up. You're not children anymore. I didn't mind explaining photosynthesis to you when you were 12. But you're adults now, and this is an actually crisis, got it ? Safety glasses off, motherf * ers. – Bill Nye**	Found on CNN 4 years ago
What happened I think is that the chlorophyll-based photosynthesis is more efficient, which means they generally have outcompeted the the purple organisms, in evolution, you had progression from more primitive to more complex and capable systems. – Shiladitya DasSarma	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We grow the chairs upside down and we start with one branch that spreads out into the chair-back. So, you've gone from one to two, and then the seat, and then you've got the four legs; and it's much more of a tree shape, actually it works in a similar way to 3D printing... we're using photosynthesis for the printing. So as it grows, you've got a piece growing up. – Gavin Munro	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Red light is very important for photosynthesis and growth, but you need blue light to give the tomato a good shape. – Wim Peters	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Plankton are much more than just food for the whales, although tiny, these organisms are a vital part of the Earth's life support system, providing half of the oxygen generated each year on Earth by photosynthesis and lying at the base of marine food chains on which all other ocean life depends. – Chris Bowler	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

As long as the needles are green and there is light, photosynthesis is occurring.

– Charlie Hall

Found on CNN
2 years ago

By the end of this century, if emissions keep rising, the average temperature on Earth could go up another four to eight degrees, what I'm saying is the planet's on f *** ing fire. There are a lot of things we could do to put it out -- are any of them free ? No, of course not. Nothing's free, you idiots. Grow the f ** k up. You're not children anymore. I didn't mind explaining photosynthesis to you when you were 12. But you're adults now, and this is an actually crisis, got it ? Safety glasses off, motherf *** ers.

– Bill Nye

Found on CNN
4 years ago

What happened I think is that the chlorophyll-based photosynthesis is more efficient, which means they generally have outcompeted the the purple organisms, in evolution, you had progression from more primitive to more complex and capable systems.

– Shiladitya DasSarma

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We grow the chairs upside down and we start with one branch that spreads out into the chair-back. So, you've gone from one to two, and then the seat, and then you've got the four legs; and it's much more of a tree shape, actually it works in a similar way to 3D printing... we're using photosynthesis for the printing. So as it grows, you've got a piece growing up.

– Gavin Munro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Red light is very important for photosynthesis and growth, but you need blue light to give the tomato a good shape.

– Wim Peters

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Plankton are much more than just food for the whales, although tiny, these organisms are a vital part of the Earth's life support system, providing half of the oxygen generated each year on Earth by photosynthesis and lying at the base of marine food chains on which all other ocean life depends.

– Chris Bowler

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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