The biogeochemistry of ferruginous lakes and past ferruginous oceans

ED Swanner, N Lambrecht, C Wittkop, C Harding… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Anoxic and iron-rich (ferruginous) conditions prevailed in the ocean under the low-oxygen
atmosphere that occurred through most of the Archean Eon. While euxinic conditions (ie …

Marine biogeochemical nitrogen cycling through Earth's history

EE Stüeken, A Pellerin, C Thomazo… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Earth's marine nitrogen cycle has co-evolved with life and redox conditions over geological
time. In this Review, we provide an account of nitrogen cycling in the world's oceans over the …

Nitrate limitation in early Neoproterozoic oceans delayed the ecological rise of eukaryotes

J Kang, B Gill, R Reid, F Zhang, S **ao - Science advances, 2023‏ - science.org
The early Neoproterozoic Era witnessed the initial ecological rise of eukaryotes at ca. 800
Ma. To assess whether nitrate availability played an important role in this evolutionary event …

Earth's surface oxygenation and the rise of eukaryotic life: Relationships to the Lomagundi positive carbon isotope excursion revisited

M Fakhraee, LG Tarhan, CT Reinhard, SA Crowe… - Earth-Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The availability of molecular oxygen shapes the size and structure of Earth's biosphere.
Geological and geochemical records imply that, for most of the Precambrian (the entirety of …

Dating ammonia-oxidizing bacteria with abundant eukaryotic fossils

T Liao, S Wang, H Zhang… - Molecular Biology and …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Evolution of a complete nitrogen (N) cycle relies on the onset of ammonia oxidation, which
aerobically converts ammonia to nitrogen oxides. However, accurate estimation of the …

Radiation of nitrogen‐metabolizing enzymes across the tree of life tracks environmental transitions in Earth history

C Parsons, EE Stüeken, CJ Rosen, K Mateos… - …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen is an essential element to life and exerts a strong control on global biological
productivity. The rise and spread of nitrogen‐utilizing microbial metabolisms profoundly …

Nitrogen cycling during the peak Cambrian explosion

C Chang, Z Wang, KJ Huang, H Yun… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Previous studies on early-Cambrian nitrogen (N) cycle suggested a modern-type nitrogen
reservoir with elevated nitrate (NO 3−) availability in a globally oxygenated ocean for the …

Rhyacian intermittent large igneous provinces sustained Great Oxidation Event: evidence from North China craton

P Peng, X Liu, L Feng, X Zhou, H Kuang, Y Liu… - Earth-Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
To better understand the sustaining mechanism of the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), strata
and igneous suites especially large igneous provinces (LIPs) during the GOE's late stage …

Nitrogen isotope gradient on continental margins during the late Paleoproterozoic

K Motomura, A Bekker, W Bleeker, M Ikehara… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The late Paleoproterozoic was a key period in the evolution of Earth's surface environments
and life. It is generally accepted that during the 2.43–2.06 Ga Great Oxidation Episode, the …

Coupling of shallow marine redox change and multi-stage animal radiations during the early Cambrian

Y Zheng, C Chang, J Li, Y Ding, X Tang, J Liu - Gondwana Research, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Marine redox variations are widely accepted as an environmental driver for the Cambrian
explosion, yet relative changes in shallow marine dissolved oxygen levels during the …