For now, complex life flourishes on our planet thanks to its supply of oxygen. But Earth's atmosphere wasn't always like it ...

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of ...

In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed ...

Off-world agriculture has long seemed experimental, but that could soon change thanks to a collaboration between design firm ...

Breathe easy, for now. Scientists say our breathable air won't last forever. A new NASA-supported study warns that Earth's ...

The oxygen plants produce doesn't directly come from ... the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle (light-independent reactions). During the light-dependent reactions, chlorophyll ...

Thus, this circulation of carbon is known as the slow carbon cycle. Similar to ... The vast majority of atmospheric oxygen (O2) is derived from photosynthesis. Plants and other photosynthetic ...

Not just because there weren't forests yet to have these fires in, but just there wasn't enough oxygen in the atmosphere to allow them. So the fact that over time plants have evolved things like fire ...

Previously, it was believed that most of the oxygen we rely on came from marine plants performing photosynthesis ... understanding of the global oxygen cycle and potentially offer insights ...

This splitting of water molecules releases oxygen into the atmosphere. The Calvin cycle is the three-step process that generates sugars for the plant, and is named after Melvin Calvin, the Nobel ...

The simulation shows that plants not only passively participate in the climate cycle, but also play a significant role ... of the planet’s atmosphere by trapping carbon and emitting oxygen, helping ...