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"On early Earth, the reaction could have taken place in small pools or lakes of water, the authors said. Large oceans, though, would have probably diluted the c
by pictureofabear 3y ago
"On early Earth, the reaction could have taken place in small pools or lakes of water, the authors said. Large oceans, though, would have probably diluted the concentration of the chemicals."
This has interesting implications for possibility of life in places like Enceladus or Europa--places that may not have any isolated areas for these chemicals to interact over long periods of time.
- animitronix 3y agoI'm so glad this has finally been pointed out professionally!! Every time I hear about life on Enceladus or Europa the very first thing I think about is the dilution problem. Maybe in pockets underneath the volcanic vents, but the heat would seem to rule that out, no?
- kadoban 3y agoIt's pretty hard not to have _some_ capacity to have puddles or pockets of some sort. If nothing else, you can have infiltrates and cavities in rocks or ice, or pools/puddles/lakes on top of frozen areas.