Ever since, it has been returning stunning images of the planet's surface along with evidence of water and carbon dioxide ice. (sciencemag.org)
They do this through photosynthesis — a complex process that uses sunlight to make the glucose out of water and carbon dioxide, which the plant gets from the soil and air. (educationworld.com)
For more than two billion years, nature, through photosynthesis, has used the energy in sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into fuel (sugars) for green plants. (newscenter.lbl.gov)