Theory and Evolutionary Evidence of the Autocatalytic Oxygenation of Earth’s Surface Environment
Although molecular oxygen (O₂) is a major component of Earth’s atmosphere today and a key signature of life on this planet, we do not understand why and how Earth has evolved from the ancient oxygen-deficient world to the modern oxygen-rich environment, and whether a similar in-crease can be expecte...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/140171 |