Page 53 - Photosynthesis: The Green Miracle

Harun Yahya

crometer in size will prevent this passage. Gasses seeking to establish
equilibrium in terms of temperature then flow from the cold region to the
warmer one. However, small pores less than 1 micrometer in size will pre-
vent this passage.
The thermo-osmosis process draws air inside the plant with such a
powerful pressure that gas can sometimes be seen rising from the roots in

the form of bubbles. This inhalation/exhalation phase is completed by
gasses being released by the old leaves. These old leaves no longer carry
air inside them. Because their pores have widened more than necessary,
they can no longer hold onto the gasses, which thus depart to the outside.
As you see, every feature of a plant is of vital importance, and clear-
ly each one has been calculated and designed to serve a specific purpose.
This aeration system is not only important in terms of keeping un-
derwater roots alive, but also ecologically. Sediments that accumulate at
the bottom of deep water generally are poor in oxygen. They therefore

harbor anaerobic bacteria that produce gasses such as iron hydroxide that
are harmful to plants. But water plants neutralize these gasses by oxidiz-
ing them with the oxygen that they release from their roots. Thanks to this
oxygen leakage, the soil around their roots becomes suitable for living
things to live in, and thus the bottom of the lake or river is cleansed. This
constitutes part of the complex system that directly affects the entire eco-
system on Earth and allows life to survive.

As you have seen, there are flawlessly inter-related systems in even
the smallest details of creation. Each of these details shows those who can
reflect the magnificence of the omniscient Allah’s creation:
It is He Who made the Earth a cradle for you and threaded path-
ways for you through it and sent down water from the sky by
which We have brought forth various different types of plants. Eat
and pasture your cattle. Certainly there are Signs in that for people

of sound intellect. (Surah Ta-Ha: 53-54)

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