Measuring global photosynthesis rate: Earth's plant life 'recycles' carbon dioxide faster than previously estimated

A research team followed the path of oxygen atoms on carbon dioxide molecules during photosynthesis to create a new way of measuring the efficiency of the world's plant life. The authors of the study said the new estimate of the rate of global photosynthesis enabled by their method will in turn help guide other estimates of plant activity such as the capacity of forests and crops to grow.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily