Atmospheric CO <sub>2</sub> levels from 2.7 billion years ago inferred from micrometeorite oxidation
Owen Lehmer, David C. Catling, Roger Buick, D. E. Brownlee, Sarah Newport
Abstract
level indicated by our model result would help resolve how the Late Archean Earth remained warm when the young Sun was ~20% fainter.
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