Great Oxidation Event: Oxygen’s Rise in Earth’s Atmosphere
April 4, 2025

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) marks one of the most significant transformations in Earth’s atmospheric history, a dramatic shift that began approximately 2.4 billion years ago.Prior to this period, the atmosphere was largely devoid of oxygen, until the emergence of cyanobacteria, which harnessed sunlight to power photosynthesis and subsequently released oxygen into the oceans and air.
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