A popular tool to trace Earth’s oxygen history can give false positives

Posted by on November 17, 2017 12:52 pm
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If someone cries ‘Eureka!’ because it looks like oxygen appeared in Earth’s ancient atmosphere long before the body of evidence indicated, be careful. If it was a chromium isotope system reading that caused the enthusiasm, it might need to be curbed.

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