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Are these the kind of high voltage events potentially near geothermal vents that are one of the leading explanations for biogenesis?
by jdonaldson 1y ago
Are these the kind of high voltage events potentially near geothermal vents that are one of the leading explanations for biogenesis?
- madaxe_again 1y agoI really have no idea, but if that’s a topic that interests you I can wholeheartedly recommend Nick Lane’s “The Vital Question”.
- ahazred8ta 1y agoWe suspect a geothermal vent in a high-phosphorus soda lake, exposed to UV sunlight. There's one in Canada with just about the right mix of everything needed. https://www.science.org/content/article/unusual-soda-lakes-may-have-kick-started-life-earth-concentrating-key-compounds https://www.science.org/content/article/unusual-soda-lakes-m...