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Great Oxidation Event

The Great Oxidation Event or GOE represents an interval across the Archean to Proterozoic transition when oxygen rose dramatically in the atmosphere and oceans.  The rise of oxygen, originally from a prokaryotic source, paved the way for eukaryotes that used oxygen for cellular respiration.  Click here for more information and research opportunities.

Snowball Earth

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Cambrian Explosion

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GREAT OXIDATION EVENT The Great Oxidation Event or GOE represents an interval across the Archean to Proterozoic transition when oxygen rose dramatically in the atmosphere and oceans.  The rise of oxygen, originally from a prokaryotic source, paved the way for eukaryotes that used oxygen for cellular respiration.  Click here for more information and research opportunities.

GREAT OXIDATION EVENT The Great Oxidation Event or GOE represents an interval across the Archean to Proterozoic transition when oxygen rose dramatically in the atmosphere and oceans.  The rise of oxygen, originally from a prokaryotic source, paved the way for eukaryotes that used oxygen for cellular respiration.  Click here for more information and research opportunities.

GREAT OXIDATION EVENT The Great Oxidation Event or GOE represents an interval across the Archean to Proterozoic transition when oxygen rose dramatically in the atmosphere and oceans.  The rise of oxygen, originally from a prokaryotic source, paved the way for eukaryotes that used oxygen for cellular respiration.  Click here for more information and research opportunities.