Why Are Leaves Green? Part 2

Опубликовано 23 марта 2013, 15:29

Still wondering why leaves are green and not purple or even black? CHLOROPHYLL! It's how leaves work.

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Created by Henry Reich, with Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Rose Eveleth, Emily Elert, and John Guittar.
Music by Nathaniel Schroeder soundcloud.com/drschroeder
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REFERENCES
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Papers referred to in the making of this video:
Blankenship, Robert E. 2010. Early evolution of photosynthesis. Plant physiology 154(2): 434-438. plantphysiology.org/content/15...

Hohmann-Marriott, M. F., & Blankenship, R. E. 2011. Evolution of photosynthesis. Annual review of plant biology 62: 515-548. annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Raven, J. A. 2009. Functional evolution of photochemical energy transformations in oxygen-producing organisms. Functional Plant Biology 36(6): 505-515. publish.csiro.au/?act=view_fil...