Researchers may have found a new form of chlorophyll, the pigment that plants, algae and cyanobacteria use to obtain energy from light through photosynthesis.

叶绿素作为一种色素，植物，藻类和蓝细菌都利用此色素通过光合作用从太阳光中获取能量。 现在研究人员可能已经发现了一种新的叶绿素分子。

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Individual phytoplankton are tiny, but when they bloom by the billions, the high concentrations of chlorophyll and other light-catching pigments change the way the surface reflects light.

单个的浮游植物是渺小的，但是当它们爆发成数十亿规模的水华后，高浓度的叶绿素以及其他采光颜料改变了表面反射光线的方式。

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That violet light strikes the nearby chlorophyll molecules, excites them, and the chlorophyll then produces the red light.

这种紫光冲击并激发邻近的叶绿素分子，使它们发出红光。

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