Photosynthesis Quotes

• We cannot cheat on DNA. We cannot get round photosynthesis. We cannot say I am not going to give a damn about phytoplankton. All these tiny mechanisms provide the preconditions of our planetary life. To say we do not care is to say in the most literal sense that "we choose death."

  Barbara Ward, Baronesa Jackson de Lodsworth

  Life, Science, Dna

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• The planet needs trees. If there is indeed that carbon dioxide out there in the atmosphere, the only species on the planet that can actually trap it for us in a natural process of photosynthesis are the trees.

  Wangari Maathai

  Tree, Atmosphere, Needs

  Fuente: www.sbs.com.au

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• When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Thinking, Smartphones, Dumb

  Fuente: www.buzzfeed.com

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• In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the process of photosynthesis whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun. So until we are able to operate and run a human built environment by imitating photosynthesis it will be a long while before we can have a true eco-system.

  Ken Yeang

  Running, Long, Fuel

  Fuente: www.cnn.com

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• There are many direct biological benefits that result from higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Two of the most important are increased plant photosynthesis and water-use efficiency.

  Keith E. Idso

  Two, Water, Important

  "Co2: Villain Or Friend? An Exclusive Interview With Keith E. Idso". Interview with Bonner Cohen, www.heartland.org. January 1, 1999.

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• La naturaleza se ha planteado el problema de cómo atrapar al vuelo la luz que fluye hacia la tierra y almacenar en forma rígida el más escurridizo de todos los poderes. Para lograr este objetivo, ha cubierto la corteza terrestre de organismos que en sus procesos vitales absorben la luz del sol y utilizan este poder para producir una diferencia química que se acumula continuamente. ... Las plantas absorben una forma de energía, la luz, y producen otra energía, la diferencia química.

  Robert Mayer

  Diferencias, Luz, Uso

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• A big tree seemed even more beautiful to me when I imagined thousands of tiny photosynthesis machines inside every leaf. So I went to MIT and worked on bacteria because that's where people knew the most about these switches, how to control the genetics.

  Cynthia Kenyon

  Beautiful, People, Tree

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• Cuatro elementos, hidrógeno, carbono, oxígeno y nitrógeno, constituyen también un ejemplo de la asombrosa unión de nuestro universo. Forman las moléculas "orgánicas" que constituyen los organismos vivos de un planeta, y los núcleos de estos mismos elementos interactúan para generar la luz de su estrella. Entonces, los organismos del planeta pasan a depender totalmente de esa luz estelar, como deben hacer para que la vida persista. Así es como toda la vida en la Tierra funciona con luz solar. [Refiriéndose a la fotosíntesis]

  George Wald

  Vida, Correr, Estrellas

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• Originally, the atoms of carbon from which we're made were floating in the air, part of a carbon dioxide molecule. The only way to recruit these carbon atoms for the molecules necessary to support life-the carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, and lipids-is by means of photosynthesis. Using sunlight as a catalyst the green cells of plants combine carbon atoms taken from the air with water and elements drawn from the soil to form the simple organic compounds that stand at the base of every food chain. It is more than a figure of speech to say that plants create life out of thin air.

  Michael Pollan

  Taken, Mean, Simple

  Michael Pollan (2009). “The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World”, p.15, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• There are three types of biomimicry - one is copying form and shape, another is copying a process, like photosynthesis in a leaf, and the third is mimicking at an ecosystem's level, like building a nature-inspired city.

  Janine Benyus

  Ecosystems, Cities, Copying

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• We have an atmosphere that is roughly 21% oxygen. The rest of it is largely nitrogen. There's just enough carbon dioxide (CO2) to drive photosynthesis. That has been, throughout the history of our species, pretty stable. Until recently.

  Sylvia Earle

  Oxygen, Atmosphere, Nitrogen

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• Podemos estudiar la forma de mejorar los procesos bioquímicos clave, como la propia fotosíntesis. Se pierde mucha energía para mantener la planta fresca. Así que quizá podamos pensar en construir plantas más resistentes al calor. Las plantas modificadas genéticamente pueden ser una respuesta y podemos imaginar plantas más eficientes, llamarlas "plantas energéticas". Y creo que, al contrario de lo que piensan los ecologistas, pueden seguir siendo plantas hermosas.

  Jean-Marie Lehn

  Beautiful, Believe, Thinking

  Fuente: www.lindau-nobel.org

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• If you don't understand how something works, never mind: just give up and say God did it. You don't know how the nerve impulse works? Good! You don't understand how memories are laid down in the brain? Excellent! Is photosynthesis a bafflingly complex process? Wonderful! Please don't go to work on the problem, just give up, and appeal to God.

  Richard Dawkins

  Giving Up, Memories, Brain

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• Look, Sage. I don't know much about chemistry or computer hacking or photosynthery, but this is something I've got a lot of experience with." I think he mean photosynthesis, but I didn't correct him. "Use my knowledge. Don't let it go to waste.

  Richelle Mead

  Mean, Thinking, Let It Go

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• Before the discovery of these [underwater] vents, all life on Earth, the key to life on Earth, was believed to be the sun and photosynthesis. But down there, there is no sun, there is no photosynthesis; it's chemosynthetic environment down there driving it, and it's all so ephemeral.

  Mike deGruy

  Motivation, Ocean, Inspiration

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• One of the skills of a journalist, though, is to find people who can teach him what he needs to know. So instead of taking courses, I've been very lucky in that I found teachers - scientists, especially - who were willing to teach me what I needed to know, whether it was about genetically modified crops or how photosynthesis works, and so on. I just find my teachers and don't have to pay for my education.

  Michael Pollan

  Profesor, Habilidades, Personas

  "Michael Pollan: El dilema del omnívoro". Entrevista con Anne E. McBride, leitesculinaria.com. 20 de marzo de 2007.

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