Shallow Soda Lakes

  • Charles Darwin's idea of life emerging in a "warm little pond" finds support in a study from the University of Washington.
  • Shallow "soda lakes," like Last Chance Lake in Canada, offer conditions suitable for the spontaneous emergence of life.
  • Phosphate problem for life emergence, requiring high concentrations, might be addressed by soda lakes.
  • Soda lakes, high in dissolved sodium, carbonate, and phosphate, could have existed on early Earth and other planets.
  • Last Chance Lake in Canada, with high natural phosphate levels, studied for its potential role in the origin of life.
  • Study indicates that soda lakes could have been ....
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