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News Release 07-109
Volcanic Activity Key to Oxygen-rich Atmosphere
Activity contributed to rise of complex biological forms
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An artist's cross-section of an underwater volcano and the processes that drive them. Submarine volcanoes can sometimes form islands.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation
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