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Photosynthesis: Harvesting sunlight safely

Barbara Demmig-Adams1 & William W. Adams, III1

By harnessing the Sun's energy, photosynthesis provides the energy-rich and structural molecules (as well as oxygen) on which most life on this planet depends. Photosynthetic organisms, including green plants, have mastered the challenge of harvesting sunlight efficiently at one moment and then safely disposing of dangerous excess excitation energy the next.

  1. Barbara Demmig-Adams and William W. Adams III are in the Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology, Ramaley N122, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0334, USA.

Correspondence to: Barbara Demmig-Adams1 e-mail: Email: barbara.demmig-adams@colorado.edu