Availability of O 2 and H 2 O 2 on Pre-Photosynthetic Earth
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Old arguments that free O 2 must have been available at Earth's surface prior to the origin of photosynthesis have been revived by a new study that shows that aerobic respiration can occur at dissolved oxygen concentrations much lower than had previously been thought, perhaps as low as 0.05 n M , which corresponds to a partial pressure for O 2 of about 4 × 10 −8 bar. We used numerical models to study whether such O 2 concentrations might have been provided by atmospheric photochemistry. Results show that disproportionation of H 2 O 2 near the surface might have yielded enough O 2 to satisfy this constraint. Alternatively, poleward transport of O 2 from the equatorial stratosphere into the polar night region, followed by downward transport in the polar vortex, may have brought O 2 directly to the surface. Thus, our calculations indicate that this “early respiration” hypothesis might be physically reasonable. Key Words: Early Earth—Oxygen—Respiration—Tracer transport—General circulation. Astrobiology 11, 293–302.
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Photolytic and lightning-induced breakdown of CO2, along with disproportionation of H2O2 produced from photolysis of water vapor, would have yielded an average ground-level O2 abundance on the order of 10^-11 times the present atmospheric level.
“Photolytic and lightning-induced breakdown of CO 2 , along with a disproportionation of H 2 O 2 produced from photolysis of water vapor, would have yielded an average ground-level O 2 abundance on the order of 10 -11 times the present atmospheric level (PAL) (Haqq-Misra et al. 2011).”
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- Authors
- Haqq-Misra, J., Kasting, J. F., & Lee, S.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Haqq-Misra, Jacob
- Venue
- Astrobiology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-05
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 293-302
- ISSN
- 1531-1074 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-8070
- PMC
- PMC3097080
- OpenAlex
- W1526726001
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 3.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Astrobiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- Keywords
- dissolved oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, atmospheric photochemistry, aerobic respiration, hydrogen peroxide disproportionation, polar vortex, origin of photosynthesis, early Earth atmosphere
- MeSH terms
- Aerobiosis, Hydrogen Peroxide, Motion, Oxygen, Photosynthesis, Seasons, Earth, Planet, History, Ancient
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