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2 Billion-Year-Old Rocks Reveal How Life Helped Stabilize Earth’s Atmosphere


Ancient South African rocks reveal how phosphorus recycling may have helped Earth hold onto oxygen more than 2 billion years ago, sustaining conditions that allowed life to thrive.

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