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arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkWhy Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.www.quantamagazine.org@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-211 months 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-square@BlameThePeacocklinkEnglish1•11 months 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.