It marks the time when cyanobacteria, a type of algae, began producing significant amounts of oxygen through photosynthesis. This oxygen production radically transformed Earth's atmosphere, making it ...

The study sheds light on life during the Great Oxidation Event, a pivotal time roughly 2.4 billion years ago when ...

Scientists have discovered evidence that Earth's oceans were once green, hinting that this could be a marker of early life, ...

Air apparent: The oxygen revolution (2,500-1,900 mya) As more and more cyanobacteria (blue-green ... colored and gray deposits suggest oxygen production fluctuated over time.

Cyanobacteria are found in almost all aquatic and terrestrial environments on Earth and, through photosynthesis, supply a large portion of the planet’s oxygen. According to ... really fine job ...

In a study published today (October 13) in iScience, researchers found a way to harness photosynthesis to supply neurons with oxygen: they injected either cyanobacteria or green algae into Xenopus ...