Thermal tides in neutrally stratified atmospheres: Revisiting the Earth's Precambrian rotational equilibrium

M Farhat, P Auclair-Desrotour, G Boué… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Rotational dynamics of the Earth, over geological timescales, have profoundly affected local
and global climatic evolution, probably contributing to the evolution of life. To better retrieve …

Endogenous clock-mediated regulation of intracellular oxygen dynamics is essential for diazotrophic growth of unicellular cyanobacteria

A Bandyopadhyay, A Sengupta, T Elvitigala… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The discovery of nitrogen fixation in unicellular cyanobacteria provided the first clues for the
existence of a circadian clock in prokaryotes. However, recalcitrance to genetic manipulation …

[HTML][HTML] Three enzymes governed the rise of O2 on Earth

N Mrnjavac, M Degli Esposti, I Mizrahi… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Current views of O 2 accumulation in Earth history depict three phases: The onset of O 2
production by~ 2.4 billion years ago; 2 billion years of stasis at~ 1% of modern atmospheric …

Non-zero I/(Ca+ Mg) recorded in Archean and Paleoproterozoic shallow marine Ca-carbonate sediments

H Fang, P Fralick, B Ramsay, D Tang, R Riding - Precambrian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Marine oxygenation during the Archean and Paleoproterozoic is poorly constrained. Iodine
in carbonate is a possible oxygen indicator. We obtained molar ratios of iodine to calcium …

Spiritum sidus: The star of our life–On internal tides in the ocean

G Geoffroy - 2024 - diva-portal.org
Tidal currents flowing over rough bathymetry generate internal tides. These internal waves
with tidal frequency can be decomposed into vertical modes. Low modes generally travel …