Widespread ancient ocean ‘dead zones’ challenged early life

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 15:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The oceans became oxygen-rich as they are today about 600 million years ago, during Earth's Late Ediacaran Period. Before that, most scientists believed until recently, the ancient oceans were...

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