Questions tagged [photosynthesis]
For questions about the process by which autotrophic lifeforms convert Solar energy into usable energy.
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Are there any black photosynthetic chemicals?
I’m working on a speculative evolution moon that was once orbiting a rogue planet. The moon was similar to Europa in that it had an icy shell covering an ocean beneath. Life evolved under this ice ...
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Can other sources of energy be used to fuel photosynthesis other than sunlight?
I’m working on a rogue moon that when life evolved it was around a star. Currently it has an ice shell kilometers thick and a deep ocean of liquid water beneath. I already know that chemosynthesis ...
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Photosynthesis under a white star
Unlike this question Life on the planet of an F-type star
Mine deals specifically with the process of Photosynthesis under very specific conditions.
Irrelevant Factors (not part of this question):
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Is it possible for plant life to evolve (and adapt) on a low CO2 planet?
C4 photosynthesis, which can operate in Carbon Dioxide levels as low as 10ppm
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Beryllium photosynthesis for floating plants?
I am currently building a planet that weighs about 4 earth masses and it's radius is 2.3 times larger than that of earth's. It is an ammonia planet (as the title suggests), and has ammonia oceans with ...
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Questions about Pycocyanin [closed]
Okay, so I have been reading on phycocyanin for blue plants, for a spec bio project, and I have several questions. Which are all closely related in terms of how it functions.They are essentially all ...
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Bioluminescence due to photosynthesis
I'm wondering about how to make my photosynthesising organisms all glow. Basically, I want to make bioluminescence a consequence of photosynthesis, as if the organelles themselves produce light in the ...
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How deep underwater can red photosynthesis work?
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I have a binary star system.
First star: K5.2V class Orange Dwarf, 60% the mass of Sol, 17% luminosity of Sol, and at 4.5 billion years old. This star is the only one with a planetary ...
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Replacing Light in Photosynthesis with Electric Energy
I am currently attempting to construct my alien planet with exotic forms of life that use alternative metabolisms.
I got an idea that I could perhaps somehow replace the photon energy required in ...
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What could be an alternative for chlorophyll for cyanobacteria that use five micron infrared to make energy?
What would be a viable chlorophyll like protein be for a cyanobacterium that absorbs infrared light at the 5-20 micron range to produce energy in the form of ATP?
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Can plants use Light from Aurora Borealis to Photosynthesize?
I am currently designing an alien world and I had the idea that the planet would have constant auroras nearly everywhere due to its host star. At first, I just had some ideas on how that might affect ...
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Could any photosynthesis occur at 5.5 AU on a warm planet?
I'm designing a habitable planet orbiting an M-dwarf, which is orbiting a G star at 5.5 AU. The orbit around the G star keeps the "night-side" (not technically an accurate term in this ...
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Black photosynthetic large active animals
Previous questions have addressed whether a large active animal could run off photosynthesis alone and the answer seems to be no and that it could only provide around 4% of the animals daily usage but ...
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Plausibility of an Ecosystem Based on Giant Diatoms?
In this wildly divergent Earth timeline, a group of diatoms evolved to be up to a few inches across (rather than 2mm or less). With this group presumably developing some similar traits to organisms ...
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Could an organism evolve photosynthesis using internal microscopic structures instead of using pigments?
I understand that most animals that look blue don't have blue pigment but instead have microscopic structures that scatter blue light. I was wondering if it would be possible for an organism to ...
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