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Rewriting the History of Oxygen and Early Life, Troubles for the Galapagos Islands, and TDIH - Woman Survives 75-Story Fall at the Empire State Building

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Science, Tech News, Society & Culture

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

New evidence reshapes our thinking on oxygen and early life on earth, and warming waters and invasive species are causing issues with life in the Galapagos islands. Plus, on This Day in History, a woman survives a 75 story fall in an elevator at the empire state building. 'Dark Oxygen' hidden on ocean floor could rewrite the rules of evolution | BBC Science Focus Magazine Evidence of dark oxygen production at the abyssal seafloor | Nature Geoscience The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters | AP News How an elevator attendant survived a 1,000-ft fall down the Empire State Building | Guinness World Records Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Cool Stuff Ride Home. I'm Redger Zoo alongside Marcus Path on today's episode. New

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evidence reshapes our thinking on oxygen and early life on earth.

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And warming waters and invasive species are causing issues with life in the Galapagos Islands.

1:02.4

Plus, on this day in history, a woman survives a 75-story fall in an elevator at the Empire State Building.

1:09.1

That's coming up on cool stuff.

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Well, we'll get things started today with another story from Tom Haworth and BBC Science Focus. Scientists have found evidence

1:18.5

of oxygen production in the lightless depth of the Pacific Ocean, a discovery that could

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reshape our understanding of Earth's history and the origins of life.

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The recent finding was published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Geoscience and challenges

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