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Impact Craters May Have Helped Early Earth Build Oxygen-Rich Niches
Key Takeaways
- Researchers found stromatolites in the Hapcheon impact crater in South Korea.
- The study links post-impact hydrothermal lakes to local oxygen-producing microbial blooms.
- Frequent impacts on early Earth may have created repeated habitable niches.
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