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Microbes and the rise of oxygen

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Reconstructions of atmospheric chemistry and microbial life early in the Earth's history have been contentious. Observations increasingly point to the evolution of complex and variable environments earlier in time.

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  1. Andrew D. Czaja is in the Department of Geoscience, NASA Astrobiology Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. aczaja@geology.wisc.edu,

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