An international team of researchers led by Ralf Tappert, University of Innsbruck, reconstructed the composition of Earth’s atmosphere of the last 220 million years by analyzing modern and fossil plant resins. The results suggest that atmospheric oxygen was considerably lower in Earth’s geological past than previously assumed. This new study questions some of the current […]
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Amber Provides New Insights Into the Evolution of Earth’s Atmosphere: Low Oxygen Levels for Dinosaurs
November 19th, 2013 Riffin