oxygen catastrophe

English

Etymology

oxygen +‎ catastrophe. From the buildup of environmental oxygen, a toxic compound to the then existing life, causing a die-off of that anerobic life.

Noun

oxygen catastrophe (plural oxygen catastrophes)

1. (biology) 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 anerobic life.
2. (biology) Such an event that theoretically occurs elsewhere, away from Earth.

Synonyms

• oxygen crisis
• oxygen holocaust
• oxygenation crisis
• oxygenation holocaust
• oxygenation catastrophe

Hypernyms

• oxygenation event

Hyponyms

(the event on Earth; as specific event and a proper noun):

• Oxygen Catastrophe
• Oxygen Crisis
• Oxygen Holocaust
• Oxygenation Crisis
• Oxygenation Holocaust
• Oxygenation Catastrophe

Coordinate terms

• oxygen revolution

(the event on Earth; as specific event and a proper noun):

• Oxygen Revolution
• Oxygenation Event
• Great Oxygenation
• Great Oxygenation Event / GOE

Related terms

• ultraviolet catastrophe
• vacuum catastrophe

Translations

generic event

• French: catastrophe de l’oxygène / crise de l’oxygène

specific event in Earth's past

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大氧化事件 (Dà Yǎnghuà Shìjiàn)

• French: Catastrophe de l’oxygène / Crise de l’oxygène, Grande oxydation / Grande Oxydation / Grande oxygénation / Grande Oxygénation