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University of Aberdeen: Evolution of land plants changed composition of Earth's crust, study finds
August 31, 2022
ABERDEEN, Scotland, Aug. 31 (TNSjou) -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news:

A new study involving an international team of researchers has found that the evolution of land plants caused a sudden shift in the composition of Earth's continents.

The discovery was made by linking the fossil record of plants with archives of environmental change, and with records of the chemical composition of the Earth deep beneath our feet, over the past 700 million . . .

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