carbon fixation

British  

noun

1. the process by which plants assimilate carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form metabolically active compounds

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carbon fixation Scientific  

1. The process in plants and algae by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted into organic carbon compounds, such as carbohydrates, usually by photosynthesis.

2. See more at carbon cycle

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Example Sentences

Much of this inorganic carbon fixation is carried out by microscopic life.

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"There was a discrepancy between what people would measure when they went out on a ship to measure carbon fixation and what was understood to be the energy sources for microbes," Santoro said.

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The microbes require energy to fix carbon, she explained, but there did not appear to be enough nitrogen-derived energy in the deep ocean to support the high carbon fixation rates that were being reported throughout the water column.

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For the new study, the researchers shifted their focus and asked a different question: How much do these ammonia oxidizers actually contribute to the overall dissolved inorganic carbon fixation in the dark ocean?

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By limiting the activity of these oxidizers with a specialized chemical, the team expected to see a sharp drop in carbon fixation.

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