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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carbon fixation

If ammonia-oxidizing archaea are not responsible for as much carbon fixation as once believed, other microbes must be stepping in.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 10, 2025

Notably, approximately one-third of global carbon fixation is estimated to occur within algal pyrenoids.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024

Most ecosystems on Earth are powered from the base up by sunlight, which drives carbon fixation through photosynthesis.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 3, 2015

This process of capturing inorganic carbon and converting it to organic sugar molecules is known as carbon fixation.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Alternatively, photosynthetic protists serve as producers of nutrition for other organisms by carbon fixation.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013