The Oxygen Catastrophe: The Great Oxidation Event

2.4 billion years ago cyanobacteria flooded a lifeless sky with a toxic waste gas: the GOE rusted the oceans, froze the planet, killed the anaerobes — and made every animal you've ever met possible.

Playlist by @banded_iron_earth

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. How Bad Was The Great Oxidation Event? — History of the Earth
2. That Time Oxygen Almost Killed Everything — PBS Eons
3. The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) | GEO GIRL — GEO GIRL
4. How the Earth Got its Oxygen — MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing
5. Science Bulletins: The Rise of Oxygen — American Museum of Natural History
6. Evidence For Oxygen On Earth Before The ‘Great Oxidation Event’ (New Paper Alert!) | GEO GIRL — GEO GIRL
7. Anaerobe to Aerobe- How Oxygen Changed Life on Earth Forever | GEO GIRL — GEO GIRL
8. The Great Oxidation Event Was Earth’s First Apocalypse — Earth 2.0
9. When Ancient Bacteria Nearly Erased All Life On Earth — The First Dawn
10. Did Oxygen Almost Kill Earth? The Great Oxidation Mystery — GeoVault77
11. What Is The Great Oxygenation Event? | STEM Loft Ep. 10 — Mission Unstoppable
12. The History of Earth's Atmosphere — The Helpful Chemist