Plants emit light that we can't see...but now we're looking from space

You probably already know about photosynthesis, the process that plants use to convert energy directly from sun light. What you might not know is that plants "remit" fluorescent waves (in addition to waves of the color that they are). Fluorescence is outside of the visual light spectrum - our eyes cannot see these waves, but NASA has started investigating them from space.

The Amazon rainforest is BRIGHT red - where are most of the forests in North America?

Photosynthesis is KIND OF IMPORTANT, right?  Scientists can use this fluorescence to track and further prove the 97% scientific consensus on the realities of climate change.

Speaking of trees and space, there's a bit of a Fantastic Four situation going on in Japan - with cherry trees instead of humans. Seeds that orbited the earth for 8 months, less protected from the Sun's radioactive waves, sprouted blossoms 6 years earlier than normal. It's crucial to study the effects of space travel on seeds because we may one day create a sustainable spaceship with biological components to recycle carbon dioxide into oxygen like we naturally have here on earth.

All the plants put your stems in the aiiiiiir