Oxygen catastrophe

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn event during the oxygenation event of Earth's past, where the level of free oxygen in the environment exceeds the tolerance levels of most extant anaerobic life.

2.NounSuch an event that theoretically occurs elsewhere, away from Earth.

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