Rock record illuminates oxygen history

ScienceDaily
May 29, 2025, 2:01 pm395 pts
A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope analysis from ancient South African rock cores. These findings not only refine the timeline of Earth's…

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