{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"The (Not So) Boring Billion with Prof. Dietmar M\u00fcller (478)","description":"In this episode, we speak with Dietmar M\u00fcller about the &quot;Boring Billion&quot;, a seemingly quiet period in Earth's deep history that may have been crucial for the evolution of complex life. Drawing on his latest research, M\u00fcller explains how plate tectonics, passive continental margins, and volcanic outgassing shaped Earth's slow carbon cycle and gradually oxygenated the oceans during the mid-Proterozoic era. M\u00fcller also reflects on how young the science of plate tectonics really is, and discusses the open-source EarthByte tools his team at the University of Sydney has developed to model Earth\u2019s ancient geological past.  www.earthbyte.org\/ ","author_name":"Shirtloads of Science","author_url":"http:\/\/shirtloadsofscience.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41435300\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202342250"}