Oxygenation, life, and the planetary system during Earth's middle history: An overview

TW Lyons, CW Diamond, NJ Planavsky, CT Reinhard… - Astrobiology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
The long history of life on Earth has unfolded as a cause-and-effect relationship with the
evolving amount of oxygen (O2) in the oceans and atmosphere. Oxygen deficiency …

Recent advances in metal-organic frameworks for the removal of heavy metal oxoanions from water

X Zhao, X Yu, X Wang, S Lai, Y Sun, D Yang - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the serious threat of heavy metal oxoanions to human health and the natural
environment, their efficient removal from water contaminants has become a vital issue …

Multifunctional Zr-MOF based on bisimidazole tetracarboxylic acid for pH sensing and photoreduction of Cr (VI)

X Wang, Y Zhang, Z Shi, T Lu, Q Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Herein, a new luminescent zirconium MOF [Zr-BBI, BBI= 4, 4′, 4 ″, 4‴-(1, 4-phenylenebis
(1 H-imidazole-2, 4, 5-triyl)) tetrabenzoic acid] was successfully constructed by a rationally …

Extreme variability in atmospheric oxygen levels in the late Precambrian

AJ Krause, BJW Mills, AS Merdith, TM Lenton… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Mapping the history of atmospheric O2 during the late Precambrian is vital for evaluating
potential links to animal evolution. Ancient O2 levels are often inferred from geochemical …

On the co‐evolution of surface oxygen levels and animals

DB Cole, DB Mills, DH Erwin, EA Sperling… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Few topics in geobiology have been as extensively debated as the role of Earth's
oxygenation in controlling when and why animals emerged and diversified. All currently …

A persistently low level of atmospheric oxygen in Earth's middle age

XM Liu, LC Kah, AH Knoll, H Cui, C Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Resolving how Earth surface redox conditions evolved through the Proterozoic Eon is
fundamental to understanding how biogeochemical cycles have changed through time. The …

Strong evidence for a weakly oxygenated ocean–atmosphere system during the Proterozoic

C Wang, MA Lechte, CT Reinhard… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Earth's surface has undergone a protracted oxygenation, which is commonly assumed to
have profoundly affected the biosphere. However, basic aspects of this history are still …

pH-Stable Zn (II) Coordination Polymer as a Multiresponsive Turn-On and Turn-Off Fluorescent Sensor for Aqueous Medium Detection of Al (III) and Cr (VI) Oxo …

S Mondal, R Sahoo, MC Das - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, coordination polymers (CPs) are promising candidates as sensory materials for
their high sensitivity, improved selectivity, fast responsive nature, as well as good …

Reconciling proxy records and models of Earth's oxygenation during the Neoproterozoic and Palaeozoic

R Tostevin, BJW Mills - Interface focus, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A hypothesized rise in oxygen levels in the Neoproterozoic, dubbed the Neoproterozoic
Oxygenation Event, has been repeatedly linked to the origin and rise of animal life …

A pulse of oxygen increase in the early Mesoproterozoic ocean at ca. 1.57–1.56 Ga

M Shang, D Tang, X Shi, L Zhou, X Zhou… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationship between oxygen and evolution of early eukaryotes including algae and
primitive animals in geological history has been debated, partly due to the varying estimates …