Ancient microbes caused Earth’s first ever global warming

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Some 4.5 billion years ago, the sun wasn't as bright and life-sustaining as it is today. That should have meant a planetary deep freeze, but primitive photosynthetic microbes may have kept things warm and toasty enough with their methane emissions to help simple organisms stay alive on the early Earth. That's the subject of new research from Chris Reinhard and Kazumi Ozaki with the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Reinhard is an assistant professor while Ozaki is a postdoctoral fellow.

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College of Sciences, EAS

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Environment
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College of Sciences, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Chris Reinhard, Kazumi Ozaki, photosynthesis, microbes, Early Earth
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  • Created By: Renay San Miguel
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Dec 13, 2017 - 4:41pm
  • Last Updated: Dec 13, 2017 - 4:41pm