{"id":171180,"date":"2023-09-03T10:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T15:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/earths-ancient-breath-study-links-atmospheric-oxygen-and-mantle-chemistry"},"modified":"2023-09-03T10:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T15:24:13","slug":"earths-ancient-breath-study-links-atmospheric-oxygen-and-mantle-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/earths-ancient-breath-study-links-atmospheric-oxygen-and-mantle-chemistry","title":{"rendered":"Earth\u2019s ancient breath: Study links atmospheric oxygen and mantle chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/earths-ancient-breath-study-links-atmospheric-oxygen-and-mantle-chemistry.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An international team of scientists has found a crucial link between the chemistry of Earth\u2019s deep mantle and its early atmosphere. The study uncovers new insights into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/crocodile-evolution-was-influenced-by-environmental-factors\/\">evolution<\/a> of life on our planet and the surge of atmospheric oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists focused their investigation on magmas formed in ancient subduction zones, areas where portions of Earth\u2019s crust sink back into the mantle.<\/p>\n<p>The experts examined a critical juncture in Earth\u2019s history known as the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), which occurred between 2.1 and 2.4 billion years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An international team of scientists has found a crucial link between the chemistry of Earth\u2019s deep mantle and its early atmosphere. The study uncovers new insights into the evolution of life on our planet and the surge of atmospheric oxygen. The scientists focused their investigation on magmas formed in ancient subduction zones, areas where portions [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,385],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chemistry","category-evolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}