Plants ignore the most energy-rich part of sunlight because stability matters more than efficiency, according to a new model of photosynthesis.
  • kool_newt@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    “If I had another planet and I knew what its star was like, could I guess what photosynthetic life might look like?” he asked. In the code of his model — which is publicly available — there is an option to do exactly that with any selected spectrum.

    Nice, we could predict the color of alien plants.

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 years ago

      On a per star and planet basis, since different stars and atmospheres would generate different availabile spectrums.