Open AccessLonger Days Likely Boosted Earth’s Early Oxygen
Author(s) -
Damond Benningfield
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo162892
Subject(s) - astrobiology , earth (classical element) , oxygen , environmental science , chemistry , biology , physics , astronomy , organic chemistry
Microbial mats in a Lake Huron sinkhole, combined with modeling work, suggest that the changing length of Earth’s day could have played a key role in oxygenating the atmosphere.