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Do animals control earth’s oxygen level?

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For the first time, researchers have measured how the production of algae and the Earth’s oxygen level affect each other — what you might call ‘Earth’s heartbeat’. Studies of 540 million-year-old limestone indicate that it is not just the oxygen level that affects animals, but that animals can indeed regulate the oxygen level.

Source: ScienceDaily.com