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A Strange Photosynthesis Trick Could Help Crops Survive a Hotter, Drier World

These new findings could help scientists adapt crops to dry environmental conditions in the future. Plants rely on sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen through different forms of photosynthesis.

A Strange Photosynthesis Trick Could Help Crops Survive a Hotter, Drier World

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These new findings could help scientists adapt crops to dry environmental conditions in the future.

Plants rely on sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen through different forms of photosynthesis.

A research group led by Wolfram Weckwerth at the University of Vienna [...]

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These new findings could help scientists adapt crops to dry environmental conditions in the future. Plants rely on sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich sugars and oxygen through different forms of photosynthesis. A research group led by Wolfram Weckwerth at the University of Vienna [...]

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Drought can make that process far more difficult.

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