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LONDON, July 4 Experts at London’s Kew Gardens on Monday revealed they have discovered the first new giant waterlily species since the mid-19th century after it was.
Tiny ocean plants called diatoms use a single carbon capture pathway
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Diatoms rely on one main pathway for capturing and concentrating CO2, according to a new study. Photo by Wikimedia Commons
May 3 (UPI) The world s smallest plants, single-cell organisms called diatoms, provide exceptional carbon capture services, according to researchers.
According to a new study, published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Plant Sciences, diatoms mostly use a single cellular pathway to capture and concentrate CO2.
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Every year, diatoms floating near the surface of the ocean capture 10 to 20 billion metric tons of CO2 via photosynthesis. Until now, scientists weren t sure how the unicellular plants concentrated CO2 so efficiently.