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Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere

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How where oceans formed?

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At the beginning, the temperature on Earth was very high and it is thought that the atmosphere was probably mostly carbon dioxide, with little or no oxygen. There were smaller proportions of water vapour, ammonia and methane. As the Earth cooled down, most of the water vapour condensed and formed the oceans.

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