Talk:Purple Earth hypothesis

Status
Just getting started. I plan on adding a little bit at a time when I have an extra couple minutes. Feel free to participate if this interests you at all. Thanks! VroomanGL 01:30, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

This idea interests me! You have not edited in a few years, does anyone think this hypothesis is true? My dad is a physics teacher and was greatly intrigued by this. I would love to see how the animals and plants looked as well!--Mabaran (talk) 14:26, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

very interesting magpie! Chsvec (talk) 13:33, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Christine! I added all this information from sciencelive website because it has scientific evidance and researchers commenting on what they believe is correct. When VroomanGL updated from the same site in 2007, I believe there was not as much information or research to back up the hypothesis as there is today.--Mabaran (talk) 14:26, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

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Evolutionary History Section is incorrect and unsourced
The information detailed in the Evolutionary History Section is at minimum missing context. (Plants absorb almost 80% of green light). The section restates common myths (addressed in part here https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00219266.2020.1858930), when it suggest that plants are incapable of utilizing green wavelengths of light. They can and fact do use them. See also https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-plants-green-to-reduce-the-noise-in-photosynthesis-20200730/ and the associated science article for more recent theories as to why. Ethan801 (talk) 00:03, 30 April 2024 (UTC)