withersailor to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoWhy Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.www.quantamagazine.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkWhy Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.www.quantamagazine.orgwithersailor to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarekool_newt@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year 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.
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOn a per star and planet basis, since different stars and atmospheres would generate different availabile spectrums.
Nice, we could predict the color of alien plants.
On a per star and planet basis, since different stars and atmospheres would generate different availabile spectrums.