photosynthesis

Plants’ “signature trick,” the foundation of life on earth, is photosynthesis, which converts light energy into chemical energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

For the next 50 million years they had no leaves and conducted photosynthesis in their bare stems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Plants rely on it during photosynthesis to harvest light, while animals use related processes to efficiently convert food into energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

CAM plants need substantially less water than plants relying entirely on more conventional forms of photosynthesis, making them potentially useful models for developing climate resilient crops.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

I know the difference between a raceme and a rhizome, I explicate photosynthesis, I can spell Scrofulariaciae.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

He suspects that these minerals may have been deposited while the earth's atmosphere was in a transition state, just beginning to accumulate the oxygen that was being released by the photosyntheses of slow-living, primitive plants.

From Time Magazine Archive