"Carbon assimilation" refers to the process by which living organisms, such as plants, obtain and use carbon dioxide from the environment to produce energy for their growth and development. Full definition
Plant growth benefits from indirect sunlight, and past studies show that e.g. a Pinatubo - sized eruption (roughly -2 W / m ^ 2 radiative forcing) can result in a 30 % increase in carbon assimilation by plants. (realclimate.org)
Radiocarbon analyses of 14C in lipid biomarkers associated with marine plankton [14], and 13C - labeled bicarbonate tracer studies [15] suggest that marine Crenarchaeota are capable of light - independent autotrophic carbon assimilation into membrane lipid biomass, an hypothesis further strengthened by recent single cell phylogenetic identification and autoradiographic verification of carbon dioxide incorporation [16]. (journals.plos.org)
Other environmental factors related to climate change, such as sea - level rise and increasing temperature, also affected carbon assimilation. (globalpossibilities.org)