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The 44 pages that link to Great Oxidation Event, each with the reason it gives.

• Radiometric datingRelated: Radiometric dating places geological evidence for this transformation within Earth’s chronology.

• PhotosynthesisRelated: Oxygen released by ancient photosynthesizers accumulated and changed Earth's surface environment.

• OxygenBroader topic: Oxygenic photosynthesis eventually drove this profound change in Earth’s atmosphere.

• ChloroplastNarrower topic: Chloroplast ancestry links plant photosynthesis to the long evolutionary history of atmospheric oxygen.

• CyanobacteriaRelated: Oxygen released by ancient cyanobacteria is widely linked to this transformation of Earth’s atmosphere.

• PhytoplanktonRelated: Oxygen-producing photosynthesis by ancient microbes helped transform Earth’s atmosphere.

• ArcheanRelated: It followed the Archean and marks a profound change in Earth’s surface chemistry.

• Banded iron formationBroader topic: Its timing overlaps the decline of many major banded iron formation deposits.

• Isotope geochemistryRelated: Sulfur isotope anomalies in ancient rocks help constrain the transition in atmospheric chemistry.

• Atmosphere of EarthRelated: This event transformed the atmosphere from oxygen-poor to persistently oxygen-bearing.

• Iron oxideRelated: Oxygenation enabled extensive oxidation and deposition of iron minerals in ancient oceans.

• HematiteRelated: Oxygen released by early life helped precipitate iron oxides in ancient oceans.

• PrecambrianBroader topic: It marks a profound atmospheric transformation during the Proterozoic.

• StromatoliteRelated: Stromatolites and their microbial communities provide context for oxygen production before this atmospheric transition.

• Photosystem IIRelated: Oxygen released by ancient photosystem II-bearing organisms helped transform Earth's atmosphere.

• Oxygenic photosynthesisRelated: Oxygen produced by ancient photosynthesis accumulated in the atmosphere during this transition.

• Chlorophyll aRelated: Chlorophyll a-based photosynthesis contributed to the oxygen production behind this planetary transition.

• Great FilterBroader topic: Oxygen-producing life transformed Earth's environment and enabled later metabolic possibilities.

• PaleoproterozoicRelated: This defining transition began during the Paleoproterozoic and transformed surface environments.

• Early EarthBroader topic: It transformed the early atmosphere long after Earth’s formation and the earliest Archean.

• Anoxygenic photosynthesisRelated: Oxygenic photosynthesis transformed an atmosphere previously shaped by oxygen-free metabolisms.

• BiosphereBroader topic: This early biospheric transformation changed the chemistry of Earth's atmosphere.

• Faint young Sun paradoxRelated: The resulting chemical changes may have reduced methane and contributed to glaciation.

• Oxygenation of Earth's atmosphereRelated: This event is the clearest early milestone in the atmosphere's oxygenation.

• ProterozoicBroader topic: It marks the first major atmospheric transformation within the Proterozoic.

• History of geologyRelated: Its causes and timing show how geologists reconstruct global change from fragmentary ancient evidence.

• Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone BeltCompared with: The belt’s older iron-rich rocks record conditions long before this global atmospheric transition.

• Geologic timeBroader topic: It illustrates how biological change can reshape Earth’s long-term geological record.

• NeoproterozoicNarrower topic: It established an earlier oxygenation baseline long before Neoproterozoic environmental change.

• Archean tectonicsRelated: Archean tectonic recycling and volcanism set trace gas conditions preceding oxygenation.

• Huronian glaciationCompared with: Its timing overlaps the glaciations, but temporal coincidence alone does not establish the trigger.

• Marine microbiologyRelated: Ancient microbial activity transformed Earth's atmosphere and reshaped the conditions for marine life.

• RhizariaRelated: This early environmental change preceded the evolution of eukaryotes, including Rhizaria.

• History of lifeBroader topic: It shows how microbial activity transformed Earth’s atmosphere and later possibilities for life.

• KenorlandRelated: Its onset overlaps the proposed breakup interval, prompting hypotheses about links between tectonics and oxygenation.

• Historical geologyBroader topic: Ancient rocks preserve evidence of this fundamental change in Earth’s atmosphere.

• History of EarthBroader topic: Oxygen accumulation transformed the atmosphere and opened new possibilities for complex life.

• Oxygen cycleBroader topic: It records a major long-term shift in the balance of oxygen sources and sinks.

• Geological history of EarthBroader topic: It marks a profound change in atmosphere, oceans, and the conditions for life.

• NeoarcheanBroader topic: The Neoarchean oxygenation of local environments preceded this global atmospheric shift.

• Evolution of bacteriaRelated: Oxygen transformed bacterial habitats and favored new metabolisms while challenging anaerobic lineages.

• Evolutionary history of plantsCompared with: It predates land plants and distinguishes their later ecological effects from oxygen’s earlier origins.

• Geologic recordBroader topic: Changes in ancient rocks preserve evidence of this planetary transformation.

• Geological history of oxygenBroader topic: It provides the clearest named milestone for the transition to an oxygen-bearing atmosphere.