OxygenLevel 1000ma

OxygenLevel 1000ma

This graph represents the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere over the last 1000 million years. As a reference, the dashed red line shows the present concentration of 21%. It should be noted that the O2 concentration variation which occurred in past periods can often be estimated only relatively coarsely. Therefore, the chart makes no claim to accuracy, but can only give a broad overview of change at the level of geological periods. This chart is based on the averaged data of several publications. [1][2] Explanation of the curve: After having already begun in the Precambrian, the outgassing of oxygen from the oceans caused atmospheric oxygen to jump from 3% to 12% around the beginning of the Cambrian, because by then all oxygen sinks were finally saturated. Around the same time,...

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UploadedMay 6, 2026

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