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Vegetation has been a key part of the Earth's surface for only about 450 million years. With the progression of the terrestrial landscape from bare surfaces to widespread coverage by plants ...

Earth systems models are an important tool for studying complex processes occurring around the planet, such as those in and ...

Earth system models are essential tools for studying complex planetary processes, including interactions between the atmosphere and biosphere.

Indeed, scientists have long wondered why land plants did not emerge on Earth until 450 million years ago, even though their progenitors, cyanobacteria, had been in existence for 2.7 billion years.