Fossil fuel formation: Key to atmosphere's oxygen?
For the development of animals, nothing—with the exception of DNA—may be more important than oxygen in the atmosphere.
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News tagged with atmospheric oxygen levels
Ice core analyses indicates atmospheric oxygen levels have fallen 0.7 percent over the past 800,000 years
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with Princeton University has found evidence that suggests that the amount of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere has dropped by 0.7 percent over the past 800,000 years. In their paper ...
Humble moss helped create our oxygen-rich atmosphere
The evolution of the first land plants including mosses may explain a long-standing mystery of how Earth's atmosphere became enriched with oxygen, according to an international study led by the University of Exeter.
Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2016
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Before animals, evolution waited eons to inhale
A couple of times in four billion years, evolution has slowed to a crawl. And an eon or so has passed before more complex life forms, such as simple animals, could arise.
Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2016
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Polluted dust can impact ocean life thousands of miles away, study says
As climatologists closely monitor the impact of human activity on the world's oceans, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found yet another worrying trend impacting the health of the Pacific Ocean.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2016
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Oxygen depletion in the upper waters of the Southern Ocean during glacial periods
Research published this week by an international team of scientists, including the British Antarctic Survey, provides new insights into how carbon dioxide changed in the oceans surrounding Antarctica during glacial periods.
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Mar 31, 2016
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Global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth, research shows
Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to researchers from the University of Leicester.
Environment
Dec 1, 2015
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Wildfires occurred significantly later than previously thought as a result of changes in oxygen levels
The study, carried out by Professor Andrew C. Scott of the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London and Professor Sue Rimmer from Southern Illinois University, reveals widespread fire occurred ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2015
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Ancient dirt churners took their time stirring up the ocean floor
Earth's early burrowers were slow to discover the bottom of the ocean as a good place to kick up dirt.
Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2015
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Variations in atmospheric oxygen levels shaped Earth's climate through the ages
Variations in the amount of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere significantly altered global climate throughout the planet's history. Efforts to reconstruct past climates must include this previously overlooked factor, a new University ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2015
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