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oxygen catastrophe en · NOUN

Etymology

From oxygen + catastrophe. From the accumulation of atmospheric oxygen, which was toxic to the anaerobic organisms existing at the time. This process led to a widespread extinction of those life forms.

Meanings

1. An event during the oxygenation event of Earth's past, where the level of free oxygen in the environment exceeds the tolerance levels of most extant anaerobic life.
2. Such an event that theoretically occurs elsewhere, away from Earth.

Forms

Coordinates

Oxygenation Event · Great Oxygenation · GOE · oxygen revolution · oxygen revolution · Oxygen Revolution · Great Oxygenation Event

Hypernyms

oxygenation event

Hyponyms

Oxygen Catastrophe · Oxygenation Catastrophe · Oxygen Holocaust · Oxygenation Holocaust · Oxygenation Crisis · Oxygen Crisis

Relateds

vacuum catastrophe · ultraviolet catastrophe

Synonyms

oxygenation catastrophe · oxygenation holocaust · oxygen crisis · oxygenation crisis · oxygen holocaust

Translations (11)

fr Catastrophe de l'oxygène (specific event in Earth's past) · fr Crise de l'oxygène (specific event in Earth's past) · cmn 大氧化事件 (specific event in Earth's past) · fr Grande oxydation (specific event in Earth's past) · fr Grande oxygénation (specific event in Earth's past) · pl katastrofa tlenowa (specific event in Earth's past) · fr Grande Oxygénation (specific event in Earth's past) · fr crise de l'oxygène (generic event) · pl katastrofa tlenowa (generic event) · fr catastrophe de l'oxygène (generic event) · fr Grande Oxydation (specific event in Earth's past)