Rise Of Oxygen On Early Earth Linked To Interaction Between Microbes And Minerals - Forbes

More than 2 billion years ago, interactions of microbes and minerals acted in concert to increase oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere, new study suggests.

Colorful polished Banded Iron Formation (BIF) rock. getty For the first 2 billion years of Earth's history, there was barely any oxygen in the air. The time between 2.4 billion to 400 million years… [+4882 chars]

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