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CAM: A Water-Conserving Adaptation
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Crassulacean acid metabolism opens stomata and stores carbon dioxide overnight, then closes them by day and runs the Calvin cycle on that stored carbon.
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A cactus opens its stomata at night, when cooler air cuts water loss, then keeps them shut through the day's heat.
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This adaptation shifts when carbon dioxide is captured, not how the Calvin cycle itself runs.