#greatoxidationevent — Public Fediverse posts
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Breathing ancient #oxygen at #MONA, where they liberate it from banded iron formations in their 'Breathe' installation.
A taste of the gas from back when it was corroding a new world into existence
https://darkmofo.net.au/program/breathe
#SciArt #GreatOxidationEvent #deeptime #geology #DarkMofo #Tasmania
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Today, molybdenum is one of the most common trace elements in the ocean due to oxidative weathering of #Molybdenite. But in the Archean the oceans were reducing, and molybdenum was scarce.
Other nitrogenases evolved to use other transition elements, but Mo-nitrogenase was first, and best.
Molybdenite enables the Earth's biosphere!
#MinCup25 #NitrogenFixation #Nitrogenase #Archean #GreatOxidationEvent #OreCup #OreCup25