Cyanobacteria are the only prokaryotes to have evolved oxygenic photosynthesis,
transforming the biology and chemistry of our planet. Genomic and evolutionary studies …

The long history of life on Earth has unfolded as a cause-and-effect relationship with the
evolving amount of oxygen (O2) in the oceans and atmosphere. Oxygen deficiency …

Abstract The Ediacaran Period (~ 635–539 Ma) is marked by the emergence and
diversification of complex metazoans linked to ocean redox changes, but the processes and …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

Reconstructing historical atmospheric oxygen (O2) levels at finer temporal resolution is a top
priority for exploring the evolution of life on Earth. This goal, however, is challenged by gaps …

The rise of atmospheric oxygen during the Great Oxidation Event some 2.4 billion years ago
was a defining transition in the evolution of global biogeochemical cycles and life on Earth …

The extent to which Paleozoic oceans differed from Neoproterozoic oceans and the causal
relationship between biological evolution and changing environmental conditions are …

Although Ce anomalies are commonly used to reconstruct past seawater redox conditions,
published interpretations are based on various proxy materials and analytical approaches …

Phosphorus (P) is typically considered to be the ultimate limiting nutrient for Earth's
biosphere on geologic timescales. As P is monoisotopic, its sedimentary enrichment can …

The body fossil and biomarker records hint at an increase in biotic complexity between the
two Cryogenian Snowball Earth episodes (ca. 661 million to≤ 650 million years ago) …