Rethinking planetary climate controls
Yale researchers have provided a new explanation for why Earth's early climate was more stable and warmer than it is today.
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Iron-silica particles in ancient seawater helped cyanobacteria oxygenate Earth's oceans billions of years ago
The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere was thanks, in part, to iron and silica particles in ancient seawater, according to a new study by geomicrobiologists at the University of Alberta. But these results solve only part of ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 7, 2018
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Chemical footprint in present-day atmosphere mimics that observed in ancient rock
Early Earth was a hot, gaseous, dusty and dynamic planet with an atmosphere and an ocean. Then its surface cooled and stabilized enough for clouds, landmasses and early life to form about four billion years ago, during what's ...
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Study reveals simple chemical process that may have led to the origin of life on Earth
Research led by Kuhan Chandru and Jim Cleaves from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has shown that reactions of alpha-hydroxy acids, similar to the alpha-amino acids that make up modern ...
Biochemistry
Jun 14, 2018
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Earth could have supported crust, life earlier than thought
The early Earth might have been habitable much earlier than thought, according to new research from a group led by University of Chicago scientists.
Earth Sciences
Jun 5, 2018
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Scientists' discovery in Yellowstone 'extremely relevant' to origin of life
Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living in Yellowstone National Park's thermal features that sheds light on the origin of life, the evolution of archaeal life and the importance of ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2018
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Sulfites and bisulfites in shallow lakes may have set the stage for Earth's first biological molecules
Around 4 billion years ago, Earth was an inhospitable place, devoid of oxygen, bursting with volcanic eruptions, and bombarded by asteroids, with no signs of life in even the simplest forms. But somewhere amid this chaotic ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 9, 2018
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Earth's stable temperature past suggests other planets could also sustain life
Theories about the early days of our planet's history vary wildly. Some studies have painted the picture of a snowball Earth, when much of its surface was frozen. Other theories have included periods that would be inhospitably ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2018
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Early life had evolutionary power to survive radical changes in environment
Life on Earth could have originated in cold conditions near the surface, before spreading to warmer environments, according to research that analyzes the possible gene sequences belonging to the earliest life.
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Researchers show role for cyanide in origins of life
It sounds odd, but cyanide may have been a key ingredient in the origins of life.
Biochemistry
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