oxygenation event

English

Noun

oxygenation event (plural oxygenation events)

  1. (biology) In the Earth's past, the biological and chemical process where organisms, primarily cyanobacteria, started releasing large amounts of oxygen through photosynthesis. 
    Hypernym: oxygen catastrophe
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