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ArticleNature ecology & evolution2026

Carbon/phosphorus burial ratio reveals a rapid spread of land plants during the Late Ordovician.

Jiachen Cai, Lidya G Tarhan, Timothy M Lenton, Ruoyuan Qiu, Caroline L Peacock, Noah J Planavsky, Pengcheng Ju, Wenjin Zhao, Zhifang Xu, Hui Zhang and 1 more

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Jiachen CaiState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-1996-7797
Lidya G TarhanDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Timothy M LentonGlobal Systems Institute, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6725-7498
Ruoyuan QiuState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Caroline L PeacockSchool of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3754-9294
Noah J PlanavskyDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5849-8508
Pengcheng JuNational Key Laboratory of Deep Space Exploration/School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Wenjin ZhaoKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhifang XuState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Hui ZhangState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Mingyu ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Lithospheric and Environmental Coevolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. mingyu.zhao@mail.iggcas.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6230-8399

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Initial land plant diversification occurred over the Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian periods (~460-360 Ma) and fundamentally transformed Earth's biosphere and the composition of the oceans and atmosphere. Yet, the exact timing of the impact of land plants on the Earth system remains uncertain. Here we find evidence for a substantial shift in organic carbon to total phosphorus ratios (C

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