A big tree seemed even more beautiful to me when I…

The planet needs trees. If there is indeed that carbon dioxide out there in the atmosphere, the only species on the planet that can…

— Wangari Maathai

You cannot increase the efficiency of photosynthesis. We improve the performance of farms by irrigating them and fertilizing them to provide all these nutrients.…

— Vaclav Smil

Four elements, Hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen, also provide an example of the astonishing togetherness of our universe. They make up the "organic" molecules…

— George Wald

Biological energy comes from the sun. Light energy harvested by photosynthesis in chloroplasts and phototropic bacteria becomes stored in carbohydrates and fats. This stored…

— John E. Walker

Before the discovery of these [underwater] vents, all life on Earth, the key to life on Earth, was believed to be the sun and…

— Mike deGruy

There are three types of biomimicry - one is copying form and shape, another is copying a process, like photosynthesis in a leaf, and…

— Janine Benyus

We can look at the way of improving the key biochemical processes like photosynthesis itself. A lot of energy is lost to keep the…

— Jean-Marie Lehn

“I want my words to illuminate like the sun, as I give my daily lecture on photosynthesis to my houseplants.”

— Jarod Kintz

“We know a great deal more than the Greeks did about the forces of life. But with all our knowledge, no one fully comprehends…

— Richard M. Ketchum

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…

— Michael Pollan

“more leaves mean more photosynthesis. Robust leaves also mean more roots, which means more carbon streaming into the soil. Which means, at once, greater…

— Judith D. Schwartz

“It could be expected that further investigations of Plastocyanin dimorphism would reveal new secrets related to photosynthesis – the most significant process, forming the…

— Dr. Mitko I. Dimitrov

When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to…

— Jeff VanderMeer

Nature has put itself the problem how to catch in flight light streaming to the earth and to store the most elusive of all…

— Robert Mayer

“Regular adult Americans are no more capable of doing math than they are of photosynthesis.”

— Dave Barry