Photosynthesis is WAY Crazier than you Think!

[@besmart]

RuBisCO really doesn't get enough credit for being the most important molecule on Earth

[@KohuGaly]

more important than RNA?

[@ScienceAsylum]

I’ve had many viewers disappointed I didn’t talk about the Calvin cycle more. Maybe it needs its own video?

[@narfwhals7843]

@@ScienceAsylum From what i see in the comments is more the need for a video on climate change - a physicists view?

[@ScienceAsylum]

​@@narfwhals7843 If someone is genuinely interested in learning about it, I just recommend PBS Hot Mess because they do a much better job than I _ever_ could. (The "physicist view" wouldn't really work because it's a multi-discipline issue. It would have to be a multi-discipline collaboration.)

[@anoaboadosaro]

@@ScienceAsylum you're underestimating yourself.

[@AmriteshGaniger]

A PHYSICIST marrying a BIOLOGIST? You guys have a great CHEMISTRY in between.

[@ScienceAsylum]

😂

[@IkikaeruRaimei]

Meanwhile, some IT guys still tries to have a simple hello from at least one girl in his life... But first, let's fix this server I think?

[@ifrazali3052]

Lol

[@larryteslaspacexboringlawr739]

i should have seen that arriving from a mile distant

[@hermask815]

Let's get physical.

[@Zarnagel]

Chemists: "An ionized hydrogen atom" Me, an intellectual: "A proton"

[@m33LLS]

Ackchyually, if we talk about acidity a 'naked' proton is too high in potential energy too exist like that in water. It still forms a bond with the electron pair of oxygen in the water molecule to lower its potential energy, forming these H3O+ molecules.

[@FlailingJunk]

@@m33LLS What do rogue electrons do?

[@Hagledesperado]

@@FlailingJunk Zap.

[@m33LLS]

@@FlailingJunk Solvated electrons exist, but difficult to observe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvated_electron

[@simonfalkner1682]

@@FlailingJunk there is also almost never a free electron floating around. it usually is transported either through some Atom-Clusters (Like Iron-sulfur clusters) or in form of a reduced molecule (like FADH2, NADPH, QH2, ...) Many of those electron carrying molecules are also H+ carriers, as they combine the transfer of electrons and protons simultaneously. You can view it like that: The Energy in cell is transferred by ATP, the electrons (reducing equivalents) in form of reduced molecules

[@williammorton8555]

Top notch science presenter with outstanding material well presented. Good thing you married a biologist. Physicists need all the help they can get to reproduce.

[@Nudnik1]

Except Dr Richard Feynman...

[@cuongdang3304]

Ah... No, biology need physic help, we need physic to get even deeper on how things work, i mean dude, physic and math... They explain all

[@erikawanner7355]

William Morton LoL! Comment of the day!

[@jaygorakhiya1316]

@@cuongdang3304 actually mathematics forbids this that mathematics can explain all things there is an field in mathematics known as "logic theory".

[@jamesbrowne1004]

This is the simple biology. To quote one mathematical ecologist I know, "Ecology isn't rocket science, it is far more difficult." Think of the 3 body problem (only 3?), then think of how many microbes are interacting in your gut, how many algae cells are interacting in a pond, start throwing in interacting populations of larger organisms, and then interacting ecosystems. It's the edge of chaos all the way down. By coincidence, I was measuring Chlorophyll and other pigments this morning. 😊

[@AndrewDotsonvideos]

Awesome idea. Hopefully _____ Explained by a Physicist becomes a series!

[@ChrisChoi123]

wheres your video explaining photosynthesis using tensor calc and differential equations? i would pay to see that

[@AndrewDotsonvideos]

Chris Choi i think it’s left as an exercise in Jackson

[@akshatsaxena1431]

@@AndrewDotsonvideos oof

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

Hey. Great to see you here man :)

[@rikthecuber]

Wait, how did you escape papa flammy's basement?

[@GMPranav]

The depth in which its covered, the animation even for that deep level is unmatchable. That's why I subscribed this channel.

[@MIKIVELES369]

I would watch a 10 hour presentation on photosynthesis, one electron at a time. But that's just me. :)

[@UrsusSuperior44]

I second that 👌

[@ScienceAsylum]

I couldn't possibly animate that myself 😵

[@DFPercush]

@@ScienceAsylum Hmm, kinda reminds me of when I had to make a flip book animation of cell division in high school biology. Is that kind of quality acceptable? lol

[@Adraria8]

Someone should make an animation of a single electron in a water molecule’a journey through the photosynthesis chemical pathway

[@Fish-ub3wn]

If u can make that happen, a ot of crazies would be delighted including myself. Cheers! (fishmilk)

[@dww527]

Your presentation graphics, style and humor are off the scale, I remember photosynthesis being taught to my child in high school, what a glossed over in justice was done.

[@dww527]

It would be great to include the timescales that are involved in the 4 level of events as well, just the geek in me wanting to know.

[@TheRealReTox]

When science is fun it's easier to learn, you make science fun!

[@scudder991]

Great video! I like that level of (brilliantly explained & illustrated) granularity. Thanks!

[@MidnighterClub]

I was not prepared! That photo system thing was pretty darn interesting, I wouldn't mind seeing that discussed in more detail.

[@lajosbaranyi7333]

I am a biologist married to a biologist and all my sympathy is yours! And the explaining of photosynthesis is superb!

[@bedo2445]

Man I just studied that lesson in school and you might have just explained it better in 10 min than my teacher did in 120min

[@whoeveriam0iam14222]

that's because Nerd Clone keeps interrupting him. you needed a Nerd Clone in your school

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

I'm sure you could have the teacher show this video in class. You might want to get permission from Nick just in case, but I think he would be thrilled for you to all watch it.

[@obinator9065]

@@WarrenGarabrandt Educational usage is excluded from copyright infringements.

[@devluz]

To be fair I suspect Nick put a lot of more effort into this video than 120 min ;)

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

@@devluz given the animations, script writing & editing, shooting, and editing the video, I would be surprised if it took less than a week to make start to finish.

[@davidbledsoe7592]

I was not expecting this level of complexity, but your way of simplifying complex things made this very complex process become highly intuitive!

[@hasenearl6228]

When you said "You know where we need to go", I immediately thought "To the Timeline!" XD

[@ScienceAsylum]

😂😂 Not a terrible guess given this channel.

[@erikzalanszabo9838]

We need to go... craaaaazy :D

[@meteoro300]

Learned all the complexities while teaching my daughter about in her high school biology class. Back in the day we never learned it in this level of detail. Wish this video was available last year, would of made it so much easier for her to understand.

[@aucklandnewzealand2023]

The purpose of science is not solely to provide a complete and definitive explanation of a phenomenon. It is often impossible to fully explain something, as there are always deeper layers that elude investigation. Instead, the primary goals of science are to offer predictions and to apply the effects discovered

[@jhzh]

7:56 Factorio intesifies

[@therawmeatball6883]

Totally!

[@no_more_free_nicks]

Bu ha ha ha, don't mention Crack-torio. It is dangerous, I have stuff to learn for an interview.

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

I actually got a strong urge to play that game again when he said "Deeper", and then it zoomed in to all the pieces moving around. I'm going to go play it now, actually. I think there is still enough time to get something done in that game before the live stream starts in 22 hours and 26 minutes.

[@Adraria8]

Someone should make a game in a similar style to factorio except you build a biochemical factory inside a cell

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

@@Adraria8 system requirements: collection of every supercomputer in the world combined for 0.0001x play speed.

[@fugamantew]

The description was so good! Thank you for creating these ☺️

[@pronounjow]

"Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis." -Spongebob 1999 The visualizations really help. I wouldn't have been able to go this deep with a textbook alone.

[@chuckbucketts]

Being prepared for the complexity didn't diminish at all what an amazing presentation you made of it! You have a wonderful talent for making complex concepts understandable. Nice work, Nick!

[@MultiversalVideo]

I was sort of prepared for the complexity of photosynthesis. We have been talking about it and Cellular Respiration in my biology class. But I love the deeper explanations of things that seem simple. Keep up the good work!

[@gravitron12]

These videos are exactly what I have been looking for. Thank you for that awesomely detailed explanation!

[@ScienceAsylum]

You're very welcome! 🤓

[@Zartren]

"Were you prepared for the complexity of that process?" After playing both Factorio and Spacechem, I'm still not a chemist by any stretch of the imagination. So you probably would have lost me had you gone deeper into all of those reactions. But for otherwise assembling complex production systems together at the level shown, I got you covered. See, had my biology teachers provided us games like Factorio, but centered around biological processes, I might have had a much greater interest in biology, perhaps even chemistry.

[@krikukiks]

The best explanation of photosynthesis I've seen on KZbin! These visuals help a lot in understanding the process. Wish it had a part two where it goes into even more details (like the cycle that makes sugar precursor) and maybe even point out inconsistencies in current theory of photosynthesis?

[@bradleyogilvie8869]

7:22 CGP Grey cameo!

[@AkanoWire]

I like that my biology teacher told us, the Oxygen from the water are the atoms, that are released as O², not the Oxygen atoms from CO² as you might expect not knowing how it works :D

[@TheTwick]

Well, you’ve gone farther than the high school level, let’s see ya going a bit farther. You put another black (green) box for the photon-electron step. That’s where I think the most interesting story lies. In my day that was about as far as things went. On a quantum mechanics’ level, how does that photon transfer energy to an electron? Chlorophyll somehow mediates this transfer but my Physics is not up to understanding the papers. Another video perhaps?

[@GustavoOliveira-gp6nr]

Me too! I would love to see a video about this part which involves quantum mechanics!

[@animatedscience7832]

this.

[@DFPercush]

Chlorophylls are very effective photoreceptors because they contain networks of alternating single and double bonds. Such compounds are called polyenes. They have very strong absorption bands in the visible region of the spectrum. .... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22535/

[@MsSonali1980]

Y E S ! :D

[@prof_hu]

I remember seeing a video describing the quantum physics effects involved. Unfortunately I cannot recall it.

[@madamsloth]

Found this channel recently and this is one of my favs

[@elgabacho73]

I still don't understand why this channel isn't more popular.

[@LifeHacks-pu3ol]

I love your vids, I will be sharing this one with my FB groups. Thanks for the wonderful content.

[@carlosreyes5139]

As a biochemistry student I have to say this video gets the idea in a fantastic way, very easy to understand. As always, great video.

[@alfong8279]

Excellent intro for this rather complicated process, thanks!

[@mehdicirtensis]

I love the explanation and the illustrations. It would be very interesting to make another video about the quantum process involved in photosynthesis (quantum coherence in the chromophores)

[@leo_tra]

This is definitely the best channel on YT and this video is one of my top 3 It`d be awesome to see more of this deep-level analysis of biological processes on the channel

[@ericjpedersen]

Great video! Definitely something to pass on to my students. One of my favourite photosynthesis facts is that RuBisCO, one of the key elements in the Calvin cycle, is deeply inefficient (it actually binds about as well to oxygen as CO2, but that doesn't lead to sugars), so a lot of RuBisCO is stuck doing nothing (it may be the most common enzyme on earth because plants need so much of it), and plants have a massive array of adaptions just to try to keep oxygen concentrations low while photosynthesizing. That's definitely not helped by the fact that photosythesis produces oxygen...

[@ScienceAsylum]

Just goes to show how much random chance is involved in the development of something like this. Nature is all like "Well, this kind of works ok. We'll go with this!"

[@ericjpedersen]

@@ScienceAsylum yep. Evolution works on a basis of "that's good enough". I've seen a couple handwavy explanations that the oxygen inhibition is adaptive, but it makes more sense to me that Rubisco evolved when CO2 was really common and free oxygen didn't exist, so the o2 inhibition effects didn't matter. And it was too difficult to evolve a brand new solution, so plants are stuck with "good enough"

[@cuongdang3304]

@@ericjpedersen wow, that's actually something i've never thought about, i thought oxygen inhibition has some benefit too, now this is some serious stuff i want to discuss with my friend

[@rickperez8044]

What you talkin' 'bout, Willis? Terraforming? It's as if plants knew that animal life would need all that Oxygen -- and food -- in the future. Everything randomly worked to set the stage for that huge leap in evolution. "Good enough" for the plant was necessary for the development of animal life. How convenient that plants gather and store all that energy for us. I always thought it strange that plants seem to store so much more energy than actually needed to survive and reproduce. In the grand scheme of things, it's not inefficient at all. "Life will find a way." ― Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@ericjpedersen , you might like a few "primordial particle system" videos I'm making. It's not based on real atoms yet, but I still got emergent behaviour from simple rules. I even got a beating heart and blood flow!

[@riblets1968]

To answer your question at the end: no. And the fact that there's even more to it is freakin' mind-blowing.

[@Fredo63200]

Congratulations for marrying a biologist, they are wonderful people. I happen to be one myself so I can confirm.

[@stevedixon9734]

Yes! This is the detail I’ve been wanting to see in science videos. I would love to see more of these videos

[@chrismcgarry3160]

I was the kind of student always asking my biology teacher more details on the underlying mechanisms, so this one scratched a long-lasting itch! Very good idea, very well executed! I also like how this one had an "Inception" vibe to it! "-To the Timeli... I mean : Deeperrr!!" 2:44 Nice Sync on that Nerd-Clone interaction, unless you have a Twin-Brother!

[@LoveAndPeaceOccurs]

Thank You ... Love this stuff ...and yes you well prepared us for the complexity. I've always wondered about he the greater details of this process ... and You are the perfect person to present this info.

[@jamesharmer9293]

I knew how this worked from studying biology at school, but this was an excellent presentation of a very complex system.

[@Simmons101]

What's really cool is that diagrams/explanations of systems like this are mimicked in computer science. With circuits and programs we often design it to work like black boxes on upper levels where we're only concerned with what the program/function does and not how it does it. Then when you delve into the black box (going down in abstraction) you can design how the function does it's thing. Circuits in digital logic for instance can have several layers of abstraction from complex circuits down to logic gates, then transistors, and finally what atoms and electrons are doing inside the hardware.

[@ScienceAsylum]

Yep! Levels of abstraction are so important when trying to understand things that are this complex.

[@wanderkash]

Thank you for such an informative video.

[@kerryjlynch1]

So much for the understanding I got in high-school biology. I may need to watch this more than once!

[@jedimonk362]

@4:20 is now my favorite Asylum Moment Ever.

[@teja7217]

I enjoy seeing your concise scientific videos, specifically your narration and the outro line..... It is my favorite ❤️

[@DarinM1967]

That was freaking cool! Loved it! The more I learn the more amazing it is! Thanks for taking the time creating this amazingly informative and entertaining video! Also thank your wife too! You both make a great team!

[@felixecho]

Life might be complex, but it's amazing how many systems get reused. ATP is "energy" in biology because pretty much all life uses it... Plants, animals, bacteria.... A molecule that everything uses is pretty well "evolutionarily conserved".

[@ets9191]

“That’s what I thought” man I feel you deeply

[@igor_misic]

I would like to see part 2 of this video with more details. I relay like this one, and I subscribed to the channel.

[@marloc2019]

That "james (chemical)bond" glance before saying "deeper" is killing me...! As usual great video, entertaining, informative (and funny).

[@willyouwright]

Good job on photosynthesis. Im curious to research more now.

[@StephanvanIngen]

"Seriously: they call it an electron-bus!" :-D hilarious - thanks again for this vid:)

[@hgtrad7655]

Amazing explanation, plants are green because they reflect the Green wavelength (and colour) that does not participate in photosynthesis, on another hand the Red and Bleue wavelenghts do participate. Thanks for your very interesting explanation.

[@harshshitole6293]

The animations were rad!You were talking about consulting AwkwardM for the bio-related content.Things fell nicely in place!I cannot donate now but will do my part!😁

[@coffeetoffee9]

Thank you very much...excellent summarizing and superb computer graphics!

[@jossimbyr]

What this means is that every living entity is a essentially a variably-sentient, electron-powered nano-factory. Those factories use our electrons to power the machines that scavenge elements from the aether to build us into existence. Fascinating. Probably why skin-to-skin contact is such an incredible feeling. You're exchanging electrons everywhere you touch. You're altering each other's magnetic field. EDIT: Thank you so much for this video. You've managed to demystify some complex science.

[@davidschmale3359]

j b it also shows why you should drink high pH water (I drink alkaline 8.8) so you will have an abundant supply of electrons, it should make sense now that drinking lotsa low pH fluids like coke or Pepsi (pH 1.8) is not healthy in the long run because your supply of electrons is reduced...

[@ronnyvbk]

I just hoped this video would come along one day. And every deeper brought a broader smile on my face. Thanks Nick and Em!

[@ScienceAsylum]

You're very welcome 😊

[@anonkiddo]

Bruh...I thought trees were cool, they are damn near geniuses lol!!

[@cleitonoliveira932]

The deeper, the better. No pun intended. Amazing video as always.

[@bemascu7087]

4:22 I love that face! It makes ne laugh every time! 🤣

[@sigridmeyer9667]

Every video I see from you, always answers a question bothering me since years...a question I don't dare to ask because I always thought that it was maybe silly....thanks for giving us the answers and making my day, juhu....so happy

[@Jwine95]

fun fact Nick, my undergrad degree(s) was biochemistry and physics. I just chose to pursue a phd in physics :)

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

@Marcos Filho LOL that's the third time I'm seeing this exact comment😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@ScienceAsylum]

@@shayanmoosavi9139 He's a spammer. I blocked him.

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

@@ScienceAsylum it was obvious😂😂 I love to poke them.

[@dtrimm1]

Nice one Nick! Really enjoyed this.

[@poe12]

Then enters a vegan and devours this elaborate marvel.

[@marcushendriksen8415]

Support plant rights!

[@yokhojota6792]

Hum, i think meat machines devour a lot more

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

#PlantsHaveRights #NoToPlantEating

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

@@Akto be fair to vegans? I respect vegetarians because they do it in moderation but vegans are just ridiculous. Not even drinking milk or eating eggs or even wearing fur? That's above ridiculous. The nutritions in meat are also essential for the body and plants don't have all of them. You'll do more harm than good by refusing to eat meat. The harming and killing animals argument that they have is just an excuse. They also kill plants by eating them and kill billions of microorganisms simply by breathing and walking.

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

@@Akto you're confusing vegans with vegetarians. Vegetarians use it in moderation and usually do it for short-term (for example because of health issues or diets). They also do it for long term but they use milk or eggs. They just don't eat meat. And as I said before I respect them because it's their personal choice. Vegans however aren't like that. They don't use anything that is *even remotely* related to animals. They refuse to drink milk and eat eggs. They don't use any animal products either. It's a pointless and ridiculous ideology. I'll answer your points now : 1- you said it yourself that pills are needed. Why do you want to deprive infants of the nutrients that milk and animal products can provide naturally? Just because animals have rights? Doesn't infants have rights as well? Isn't it child abuse if you deprive them of natural things and use chemical pills to help them survive? Do you think that conducting experiments on animals is cruel? Is it any better if we do it on humans? Will you volunteer yourself if you think so? Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that we should treat animals badly. I love animals and treat them nicely but giving them more than they deserve is ridiculous. Again, I'm not not saying that we are better than them but we also have the right to live and use the resources that we have. We shouldn't endanger our own species' survival just because other species have the right to live. It's how nature works after all. Nothing personal. Vegans should realize that and stop living in fantasy world. 2- I already answered it above before I answered your points. 3- nice strawman. I didn't say that at all. What I was trying to say is that vegans should realize the irony of their actions if the only reason that they have is animals have rights and we shouldn't kill them. And last of all. Have you ever encountered them? Did they ever tell you that you should be ashamed of yourself for eating meat and you're so cruel to them? Have they insulted you for wearing fur? WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? some chosen people who think that they are superior to others and have the right to tell other people how to live just because of their ridiculous ideology?

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

4:38 Chloroplasts even have their own genes, inherited independently of the ones in the cell nucleus. They are effectively their own separate cells-within-cells.

[@MrMineHeads.]

Biochemistry is amazing.

[@AK-ny5bz]

Thanks. I had totally forgotten the steps of Photosynthesis. This brought some memories and nostalgia.

[@markloveless1001]

Kicked in $20. Y'all do the same. And yes, as someone that's followed the whole photosynthesis chain, this is a good overview. To get the a closer picture, write 20+ Fischer projections of same. Oy. And I thought quantum mechanics was hard. Sheesh!

[@ashokchatap8827]

Really very informative explanation... thank you so much...🙏

[@squirrel1620]

As a non bio grad student, that explanation was on point! Might just go get a degree in bio..... *Looks at organic chemistry text book* uhh nevermind, I'll stick to computers.

[@xbzq]

Excellent video. Would have liked moar deeper insight into the other stages. But what you have here is top quality info and the only one so far I've seen that has done awesomeness for the tree day.

[@ScienceAsylum]

TierZoo's video was pretty interesting 😊

[@UrsusSuperior44]

Let anyone dig into biology/biochemistry and check if they still think that mathematics/physics/any other part of science is "so complex" in comparison 😂 And to be honest, this video just started to scrape the surface of the surface, because photosynthesis is just one of MANY processes in JUST A PART of all living creatures 👌 Great video for noble cause! But we still could go *deeper*

[@ScienceAsylum]

Oh yeah! I showed a lot in this video and _still_ abstracted away a lot of information. There's enough info to fill up a two hour video.

[@UrsusSuperior44]

@The Science Asylum I love biology, it's complexity and relative ease of research (no need for multi-billion particle accelerators, spacecrafts, enormous super computers and so on) By the way, I wonder if it's possible (and if someone will ever attempt to do it in the future) to create some interactive flow-chart, for instance, of all molecular/chemical processes that happen in human body, all it's systems, at any given time (for example a healthy statistical individual at rest, to make things a little simpler), how they are interconnected, in what order they happen, on which principles so on and so forth. It would be great tool to learn all the beauty of biological workings. Oh boy, that would be a hell of a challenge!

[@ScienceAsylum]

That would be cool. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that.

[@the_eternal_student]

I think connecting physics with biology is the hidden key.

[@txikitofandango]

As a physicist, you must be jealous of biology naming things reasonably, according to what those things do. What if chloroplasts were named charmplasts? That would be pretty funny I think

[@ScienceAsylum]

Biology is _much_ better at naming things. You just need to learn the root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Once you know those, the combo words make sense.

[@jakublizon6375]

I used to think this video was just focused towards kids, but man am I glad I gave it a chance. The technical details are light, but the visuals, and explanations are so good.

[@WokeandProud]

Yep and the best part is this all came about naturally due to emergence, simple rules and systems coming together to form vast complexity, the universe is an interesting place.

[@jennamillsap8220]

Presupposition much?

[@WokeandProud]

@@jennamillsap8220 Nope supported purly by empirical scientific evidence, look up emergence.

[@rejectevolution152]

LOOOOOOL.

[@WokeandProud]

@@rejectevolution152 An astounding argument you sure showed me (not). 😑😑

[@rejectevolution152]

@@WokeandProud Can a codebase exist without intelligence creating it?

[@Obikuba]

You are doing a great job on this channel. Keep going!

[@williamnathanael412]

THIS IS SO AMAZING!! I would have loved Bio better if you have made this series earlier. Our education system have rigged Bio so much that we are taught to memorise Latin names, instead of appreciating processes and understanding things like this. Make this a series please Nick!

[@williamnathanael412]

Some topics I would suggest: Central Dogma, Glucolysis and Krebs Cycle, Evolution

[@vancouverterry9142]

Great video, Man -- very effective, very entertaining. A complete success in conveying so much memorable understanding in 10 minutes. You're a great teacher!

[@southernbreeze3278]

we should put more CO2 in the air so we have better plant growth

[@mairisberzins8677]

Exactly my thoughts. I mean wouldn't it be obvious that the more CO2 there is the faster plants will grow? Meaning plants limit the amount of CO2 in the air right? Too much and they will consume it too fast no?

[@DFPercush]

@@mairisberzins8677 Faster, yes, but not "too fast." They basically adjust their growth rate based on the supply. Because they use passive transpiration, they don't actively "pull" co2 out of the atmosphere, not like us animals going out and hunting food... they just absorb whatever floats by. So they can't really crash the c02 levels to zero. There will just be less, and smaller, plant life if there's not enough of it.

[@mairisberzins8677]

@@DFPercush No, no. What i meant was that higher CO2 concentration leads to faster growth. And if thats the case more CO2 will be transformed into organic matter. Therefore reduce the amount of CO2 in the air. THis would then create an equilibrium between the amount of CO2 release and that consumed by plants.

[@mairisberzins8677]

@@DFPercush Kind of like ammonia synthesis. The more N2 and H2 you put in the reactor the faster they will make NH3. And if you somehow get rid of that NH3 even more will be formed. Analogy to this would be CO2 instead of being released back in the air as a part of "breathing' by plants but instead stored as biomass in a solid state.

[@silverish9081]

Technically yes, but not on the planetary scale as there is another problem. CO2 is a greenhouse gas and hence higher concentration of it in the atmosphere leads to hotter temperatures. RuBisCo, the enzyme plants use to capture CO2 is less efficient at higher temperatures. And, this drop in efficiency is faster than increase in efficiency of photosynthesis from increased CO2 concentration. Simply speaking, increase in CO2 levels are not enough to even compensate for efficiency drop due to hotter temperature. This is why it is good to pump CO2 into a greenhouse with externally controlled temperature system, but not in the atmosphere.

[@philjamieson5572]

I think this is so well presented. Thanks once again for stretching my old brain, giving it a good old work out.

[@MTheoOA]

YES, BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS, YES, YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS. You know, how it can be better

[@darylewalker6862]

Decades ago, I read an explanation of human vision, but at the level of the chemicals in your retina receiving light. It was as overwhelming as you said. Still was interesting.

[@tmdrake]

Biology is too complex for this derg..... I'm gonna stay with Computer Science.

[@adamz8314]

One day no one will be able to understand computers, but computers will be able to understand All living beings.

[@IkikaeruRaimei]

I'm kinda the same, I'll stick to computer science, math, chemistry and physics because Biology is one hell of a subject.

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

@@adamz8314 nope. We created computers so we understand them. They'll never be able to understand us unless we say so. We have complete control over them. The movies about intelligent robots attacking mankind is purely fictional and will never happen unless we program them to do so and if anything goes wrong we simply unplug them.

[@shayanmoosavi9139]

LOL😂😂😂 One day it'll be complete by physics and it'll no longer be random and messy. Just like chemistry that is becoming complete by physics and it's less of a mess now. Physics is the ultimate science field.

[@JesterAzazel]

I've had the same thought about wanting to understanding things on the smallest relevant level. I watched a thing about the electron transport chain a while back. This video is already answering a question I had, I hope to see more like this one in the future.

[@markloveless1001]

"It's always my fault". Proof is he a married man. I speak from 36 years of experience. The most important words for a married man: 'Yes, dear'.

[@tomkerruish2982]

True story: when my then-fiancée (now wife of 25 years) and I were interviewing for a wedding photographer, one said that it's three "yes, Dear"s to one "I understand". If you say the same thing every time, it might seem like you're not listening.

[@JavierArveloCruzSantana]

I'm "Forking Serious," you are a great asset to science and the teaching of knowledge. I love your channel. I have never seen a video that I didn't like.

[@taygrcikifeys9736]

Man just said the plant carries free electrons around in a bus-like system and claimed it was "nothing crazy"

[@pghparkins]

I nearly squeeeeed out of my seat when I saw you made a video on photosynthesis. More of this please! After years of learning physics I decided to try out learning biology. What I very quickly discovered was that understanding biology required I better understand physics. I had to apply a lot of the physics I learned about (Entropy, Thermodynamics, electron energy, etc) in a new way to understand the biology. And I am LOVING it. So I would very much welcome more videos like this. ATP Synthase and the electron transport chain would be a great next topic :P

[@donready119]

This is a great video with some humour and lots of classy presentation. Thank you.

[@OlafGiermann]

Love your videos! Great work. ❤️

[@NoahHornberger]

I remember falling asleep for this lecture in AP biology in high school. Thanks for filling me in on what I missed.

[@noVicda]

This was awesome. Well done, dude.

[@nekoman8560]

Thank you for giving me more information than I needed to know on the details of how photosynthesis works

[@Lucky10279]

All the stuff you're doing with the boxes to represent each stage is super similar to how we represent pieces of circuits in digital logic design. I took that class last semester and I've gotta say that I don't think I properly appreciated abstraction before that. We took the opposite approach of this video though -- starting with the individual components that make everything up and gradually building up from there. My final schematic for a relatively simple microprocessor had so many of those boxes and each one was filled with more and so on for several "layers."

[@ScienceAsylum]

Oh yeah. Levels of abstraction are super important for all complex systems, especially computing.

[@jaystone3730]

Awesome! Thanks, I understand more about my garden now :)

[@ShafakTan]

Photosynthesis ELI5 & tutorial in a nutshell. You've pulled it off really neat and sweet. Thax bro...

[@raven_kibbytaur]

I just had my biochem exam which focused a lot on photosynthesis, and this is a really great summary!

[@gcs8889]

As a biochemical engineer - yes I was prepared for the complexity. I remember receiving a test in which I had to hand write out the entire process in undergrad. That was literally the entire test - write out the process, then specifically write out the chemical structures for inputs, outputs, and the entire calvin cycle, as well as going from G3P to Sucralose.