[Rockhounds] A shallow lake in Canada could point to the origin of life on Earth

Paul etchplain at att.net
Sun Feb 18 19:05:36 PST 2024


A shallow lake in Canada could point to the origin of life on Earth
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, CNN, February 17, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/17/world/last-chance-lake-origin-of-life-phosphate-scn/index.html

Scientists go to Canada to study the kind of lake where they say life 
may have arisen
By Alan Boyle, Geekwire, January 23, 2024
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/soda-lake-canada-origin-life/

The Open Access paper is:

Haas, S., Sinclair, K.P. and Catling, D.C., 2024. Biogeochemical
explanations for the world’s most phosphate-rich lake, an
origin-of-life analog. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), p.28.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01192-8
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01192-8.pdf

Yours,



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