Welcome back to the Coffee and Science podcast. To all my Canadian listeners, I hope you had a wonderful long weekend and got to spend time with your relatives this Family Day.Now, I know that spending time with family can be exhausting - you might even say that you feel like your energy levels have been drained. So what better way to kick off this short week with an episode on energy and photosynthesis?This episode covers the food chain, energy transfer, and details of photosynthesis. I cover the details of how the sun's energy is trapped by plants, and how that trapped energy becomes a source of energy for non-autotrophs.I also briefly talk about how photons drive the production of oxygen and hydrogen atoms within chlorophyll, and how the hydrogen atoms are used to drive the Calvin cycle when broken down, releasing protons, electrons, and ATP. Join me for this week's science talk.Catch you on the flip side,LinaIf you are interested in the visuals for this episode, or if you simply want to be a part of the science crew, follow @thecoffeeandsciencepodcast on Instagram.
