A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

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New work offers insight into how early life adapted from a low-oxygen atmosphere to the one that exists today.

MSU scientists studied microbes in Yellowstone hot springs to understand how life adapted to increasing oxygen levels.

By exploring Yellowstone's geothermal springs, scientists discovered the microbes that reveal how life adapted to harsh conditions billions of years ago.

The park is divided into eight areas: Canyon Village; Fishing Bridge, Lake Village and Bridge Bay; Madison and West Yellowstone; Mammoth Hot Springs and the North; Norris Geyser Basin; Old ...

For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki ...

they chose travertine terraces near these at Mammoth Hot Springs, close to park headquarters in the northwest corner of Yellowstone. As mineral-laden water rises to the surface, new ornate layers ...

The work builds on more than two decades of scientific research in Yellowstone National Park by MSU professor Bill Inskeep.