This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

It does sound a bit silly — the idea that given enough time, a plant ... none of the light leaks out of the quadrant and into any of the others. [DeckerM]’s recreation of this experiment ...

It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses ... happens in the leaves of all green plants. Without photosynthesis there would be no ...

RCB's; Wisconsin fast plants ... experiment to test their hypothesis. Possible variables that could be measured include growth (height, number of leaves, leaf area) or reproduction (number of flowers) ...