Earth has abundant atmospheric oxygen due to biological photosynthesis

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Earth's abundant atmospheric oxygen is primarily the result of biological oxygenic photosynthesis, particularly driven by ancient cyanobacteria and marked by events like the Great Oxidation.

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The retrieved papers consistently support the well-established scientific consensus that Earth's atmospheric oxygen accumulated due to biological oxygenic photosynthesis, specifically referencing cyanobacteria and the Great Oxidation Event.

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An early origin of oxygenic photosynthesis delays the Great Oxidation.

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Horne JE, Goldblatt C, Kump L. An early origin of oxygenic photosynthesis delays the Great Oxidation.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0094

The study discusses how oxygenic photosynthesis was the biological metabolism that drove the Great Oxidation Event and shaped Earth's atmospheric oxygen history.

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Revisiting the greatness of Earth's great oxidation.

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Crockford PW, Sugiyama I, Kipp MA, Hao J, Nelson LL, Hemingway JD, Wimmer S, Fakhraee M. Revisiting the greatness of Earth's great oxidation.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03518-8

The review examines the accumulation of free oxygen in Earth's atmosphere resulting from ancient biological processes like the Great Oxidation Event.

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Oxygen reductase origin followed the great oxidation event and terminated the Lomagundi excursion.

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Trost K, Gennis RB, Allen JF, Mills DB, Martin WF. Oxygen reductase origin followed the great oxidation event and terminated the Lomagundi excursion.. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2025.149575

The paper notes that cyanobacterial oxygen production initiated the rise of atmospheric oxygen around the Great Oxidation Event.

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first checked02 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7802 Aug 2026

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