Earth sciences: Ups and downs of ancient oxygen

James F. Kasting

doi:10.1038/443643a

Earth sciences: Ups and downs of ancient oxygen

James F. Kasting

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The latest models suggest that atmospheric oxygen could have fluctuated between high and low concentrations once photosynthesis had evolved. But does the geological evidence really support this?

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	643-645
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature
Volume	443
Issue number	7112
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/443643a
State	Published - Oct 12 2006

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