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Humans need oxygen to be able to perform cellular respiration and gain ATP energy for our cells. What would happen to the oxygen levels on Earth if photosynthesis stopped

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Oxygen would slowly deplete into carbon dioxide as there is no photosynthesis to create more. Earth would not be able to support human life later on.
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