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Scientists discovered huge 'ocean' beneath Earth's surface bigger than all the seas above land
The substance can contain up to 1.5 percent water, and if the ringwoodite under the surface has just one percent water in its ...
2.75 Billion-Year-Old Rocks Rewrite the Story of Earth’s Early Life
A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic activity, may have supported microbial life before the Great Oxidation Event.
Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals
Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets ...
Tiny ‘microlightning’ flashes inside water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
One famous experiment conducted in 1952 by American chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey provided a possible explanation: ...
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Oceans May Have Taken 500 Million Years To De-Acidify Enough For Life
Earth’s first (water) oceans are thought to have been too acidic ... of the sort that preserve a record of the pH in which they formed. By modeling the rates of weathering of sea floor silicates ...
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'Microlightning' in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth
A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...