Iron-silica particles in ancient seawater helped cyanobacteria oxygenate Earth's oceans billions of years ago
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere was thanks, in part, to iron and silica particles in ancient seawater, according to a new study by geomicrobiologists at the University of Alberta. But these results solve only part of this ancient mystery.