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Geologists Uncover Remnants of Earth’s Mantle That Have Lasted Over 2.5 Billion Years
Something must have changed between the Archean Eon, more than 2.5 billion years ago, and Earth as we know it today. Previously, geologists proposed that changes in Earth’s oxygen might explain ...
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Geologists Found Remnants Of Earth's Mantle That Have Lasted Over 2.5 Billion Years And Challenge Previous Beliefs About Our Planet's Oxidation Processes
The ancient remnants from Earth's mantle were a lot less oxidized than samples from the modern mantle. That means something must have changed between now and the Archean Eon, which was over 2.5 ...
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Earth's Earliest Climate
Despite the stark differences between today’s world and that of the Archean, it is clear that at both times, climate has impacted — and been impacted by — life on Earth. This paper will take ...
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Major events in the evolution of amino acid synthesis
The Hadean eon represents the time from which Earth first formed. The subsequent Archean eon (approximately 3,500 million years ago) is known as the age of bacteria and archaea. The Proterozoic ...