Setting the stage for life: Scientists make key discovery about the atmosphere of early Earth

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 15:30 in Earth & Climate

Scientists have used the oldest minerals on Earth to reconstruct the atmospheric conditions present on Earth very soon after its birth. The findings are the first direct evidence of what the ancient atmosphere of the planet was like soon after its formation and directly challenge years of research on the type of atmosphere out of which life arose on the planet.

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