Red Earth, White Earth, Green Earth, Black Earth

Author: Kirschvink, Joseph L.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 68, Number 4, 2005, pp. 10-20

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 68:4, 2005

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:68.4.Earth

Abstract

How a single mutant bacterium may have put Earth on the brink of extinction 2.3 billion years ago.

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