Earth’s early atmosphere was stuffed with oxygen ... and we're pretty convinced now that it was their evolution that bumps up oxygen levels to a level that we could breathe,” said Mills.

A recent studypublished in Nature Geoscienceexplores the future of Earth’s atmosphere, revealing that a dramatic decline in ...

For now, complex life flourishes on our planet thanks to its supply of oxygen. But Earth's atmosphere wasn't always like it ...

Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed ...

Before the GOE, Earth’s atmosphere occasionally experienced ... in the ocean played a central role in the evolution of atmospheric oxygen. However, we think this would not have immediately ...

[Related: Here’s how life on Earth might have formed out of thin air and water] Indeed, after the Earth formed, its early atmosphere ... how oxygen trends left ripple effects on the evolution ...

This increase in oxygen is associated with the evolution of some ... in the level of oxygen in the atmosphere and oceans. Main image, an illustration shows the Earth's magnetic field.

“What we found is a geochemical indicator that originated in the atmosphere and it’s ... now know it’s possible to track the evolution on Earth of oxygen and ozone, which both coincide ...

Today, oxygen makes up around a fifth of Earth’s atmosphere, with most of it produced ... these molecules would have been critical to early evolution because they can damage DNA and other ...

While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...

The new findings suggest that the weakening of the magnetic field enabled this oxygen boost, which, in turn, led to a new phase of evolution ... of the deep Earth influences the atmosphere ...