When the earth first formed there was almost no atmosphere, as the earth cooled an atmosphere of mostly gasses that came from volcanoes formed.
400 - 290 Million Years Ago
4-2.5 Billion Years Ago
2.7 billion years ago a microscopic organism called cyanobacteria. They made oxygen with carbon dioxide with a process called photosynthesis.
290 Million Years Ago - Now
2.6 billion - 400 million years ago
The organisms helped create enough oxygen in the air that they started reacting with the methane in the air. Which is why the sky turned blue
During this time the oxygen in the atmosphere and the oxygen in the water increased a lot. This allowed species that used oxygen as a source of energy to thrive. Some scientists think that the boom in oxygen allowed more sea life to develop known as the Cambrian explosion.
Plants became very regular on land and this was because at this time when there was enough oxygen to support animals and plants and forest started growing.
This is the atmosphere we know today. The earth was a lot warmer back then compared to how it is now. Now scientists understand that the atmosphere changes the climate.
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