We know that CO2 contributes in a major way to the global average temperature.  What processes contributed to the original (following the Hadean) levels of CO2 in the atmosphere through the Archaen Eon?  What process  contributed to the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere and the increase in O2? The Great Oxidation Event (2500 Ma) marks the beginning of which Eon?

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We know that CO2 contributes in a major way to the global average temperature.  What processes contributed to the original (following the Hadean) levels of CO2 in the atmosphere through the Archaen Eon?  What process  contributed to the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere and the increase in O2? The Great Oxidation Event (2500 Ma) marks the beginning of which Eon?

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