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Which scientist discovered oxygen's role in photosynthesis?

photosynthesis

[foh-tuh-sin-thuh-sis] / ˌfoʊ təˈsɪn θə sɪs /
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making food from sun
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Organometallic compounds also play important roles in living systems, including in blood and photosynthesis.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Within these enclosed environments, breathable oxygen could be produced through photosynthesis or water electrolysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

"Understanding how photosynthesis and growth are linked is very important from the perspective of understanding how forests will store carbon over long time scales," says Rao.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

The researchers found a clear separation between growth and photosynthesis.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

All of our food, in fact almost all life on earth, can be traced back to photosynthesis in plants.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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



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