<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-new-msu-study-explains-the-delayed-rise-of-plants-animals-on-land.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science,Faculty</categories><broadcast>ees</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>01/08/2025</pubDate><title>New MSU study explains the delayed rise of plants, animals on land</title><description><span>Michigan State University researcher </span><a title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.gqh-2BaxUzlo7XKIuSly0rC70nhTNKAuvVLtjU-2FeKvuOfdeHQukSQdjKAYLCxDnFbyHuRL_-2Fs5vjSqrNzHkLDUY4leDtXQmGF5rYEIPM8oG80WekCVW1gSTWTqA6rQ3AC7P9tt0nLP9obrGxJvOdDLHoXCld5lrFZXxE6c1czgxGM8GP2tMPiwAZqehJUYPCN-2FJ12upiITJ5AAqOlAzImER-2BzJNmdMhaJ2aEx-2BAK6Z-2BLkf5xuldFVs-2FT1CCzCMoOpuZP7TAX3ODaZOCir24SqzmGpUeN-2FwLDsZAA-2FBWlWNjA3BkwkPUxSLacK-2B4-2BUkiw0j9Ley039D3GS5kwZ82019-2BcthxSy7e4jm7ufXScf7dHy-2Fu6Z6U4fPWkCNoyVou8w0LicUw4OOs2ZoaMokPCHiZoT2wrw-3D-3D__;!!HXCxUKc!w7UCj4f0OTg_q07dWyAt92nue2zJNUnk3ccWvLB-VshJYZS5OCabPaJfx7BF9jKlp-T8l_i908bQarHZ8mts6Q$" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=u001.gqh-2BaxUzlo7XKIuSly0rC70nhTNKAuvVLtjU-2FeKvuOfdeHQukSQdjKAYLCxDnFbyHuRL_-2Fs5vjSqrNzHkLDUY4leDtXQmGF5rYEIPM8oG80WekCVW1gSTWTqA6rQ3AC7P9tt0nLP9obrGxJvOdDLHoXCld5lrFZXxE6c1czgxGM8GP2tMPiwAZqehJUYPCN-2FJ12upiITJ5AAqOlAzImER-2BzJNmdMhaJ2aEx-2BAK6Z-2BLkf5xuldFVs-2FT1CCzCMoOpuZP7TAX3ODaZOCir24SqzmGpUeN-2FwLDsZAA-2FBWlWNjA3BkwkPUxSLacK-2B4-2BUkiw0j9Ley039D3GS5kwZ82019-2BcthxSy7e4jm7ufXScf7dHy-2Fu6Z6U4fPWkCNoyVou8w0LicUw4OOs2ZoaMokPCHiZoT2wrw-3D-3D__;!!HXCxUKc!w7UCj4f0OTg_q07dWyAt92nue2zJNUnk3ccWvLB-VshJYZS5OCabPaJfx7BF9jKlp-T8l_i908bQarHZ8mts6Q$" data-outlook-id="29955811-c47b-49bc-958b-3eebd8ae003a"><span>Dalton Hardisty</span></a><span> contributed to a new Yale University-led study finding that Earth’s early atmosphere hosted a battle royale between iodine and oxygen.</span></description><highlights><ul>
<li>A new study would explain the delayed creation of a stable ozone layer that would shield life from the sun's ultraviolet radiation.</li>
</ul></highlights><author>Michael Greenwood and Bethany Mauger</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/01-25-hardisty-380-380.png" alt="An MSU researcher stands on a boat on a lake"/></image></item>