A changing atmosphere
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- Created on: 23-11-14 17:28
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- A changing atmosphere
- The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was reduced by:
- the dissolution of carbon dioxide into the oceans.
- The later incorporation of this dissolved carbon dioxide into marine organisms which eventually formed carbonate rocks.
- the dissolution of carbon dioxide into the oceans.
- About 1 million years ago, some organisms developed the ability to photosynthesise. Consequently the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere gradually increased. (Used Carbon Dioxide, released oxygen.)
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- The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was reduced by:
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