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Oxygen. (mander.xyz)
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https://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/54762/did-cyanobacteria-commit-evolutionary-suicide-by-producing-oxygen

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Fun fact: humans aren't responsible for the first mass extinction caused by organisms polluting the atmosphere with poisonous gas. Blue-green algae did it first, with "a decrease in the size of the biosphere of >80%".

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody complains about trees blooming, it’s all unfair for algae :(

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

People with hayfever probably do

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We're going for the speed-run not the first completion 👍

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The 100% run.