EAS Professor Toby Ault is part of a team of researchers who have created and shared an activity (through Ithaca's Paleontological Research Institution—PRI) designed to show concretely how plants draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide through photosynthesis. Instructions for the activity are available for free through the PRI website.
Ault presented the activity to a group of Cornell alumni during the 2024 Cornell Reunion and the resulting video showing the tank they created as well as data from several weeks of collection are now available.
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