HKU Study Uncovers Mineral "Sink" that Reduced Phosphorus in Early Oceans, Potentially Delaying Earth's Oxygen Rise
March 19, 2026
March 19, 2026
HONG KONG, March 19 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release:
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HKU Study Uncovers Mineral "Sink" that Reduced Phosphorus in Early Oceans, Potentially Delaying Earth's Oxygen Rise
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Scientists have long sought to explain a key mismatch in Earth's early history: oxygen-producing photosynthesis evolved hundreds of millions of years before atmospheric oxygen began to rise during the Great Oxidation E . . .
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HKU Study Uncovers Mineral "Sink" that Reduced Phosphorus in Early Oceans, Potentially Delaying Earth's Oxygen Rise
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Scientists have long sought to explain a key mismatch in Earth's early history: oxygen-producing photosynthesis evolved hundreds of millions of years before atmospheric oxygen began to rise during the Great Oxidation E . . .