Mediation by iron minerals in the non-biological production of nitrous and nitric oxides may have driven the nitrogen cycle in the Archean ocean. This system may also have shaped the function and composition of the early marine ecosystem.
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Nishizawa, M. Abiotic path of Archean nitrogen. Nat. Geosci. 15, 962–963 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01072-4
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