The Great Oxygenation Event as a consequence of ecological dynamics modulated by planetary change

The Great Oxygenation Event (GOE) 2.4 billion years ago is believed to have been critical for the evolution of complex life. Here, Olejarz et al. propose a model suggesting that competition between major bacterial groups could have triggered the GOE in a feedback loop with geophysical processes.

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Main Authors: Jason Olejarz, Yoh Iwasa, Andrew H. Knoll, Martin A. Nowak
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/07ddd4bbcf9f4698a58789e9cc9dfac7
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