As Earth continues to evolve, scientists have recently discovered that the planet’s original oceans were not blue but green.
The earliest lifeforms, cyanobacteria, appeared around 4 billion years ago. These organisms, now known as algae, were among the first to engage in oxygenic photosynthesis.
Ancient oceans, which were heavy on iron, interacted differently with light wavelengths, retracting green light into the ...
But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...
The study sheds light on life during the Great Oxidation Event, a pivotal time roughly 2.4 billion years ago when ...
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