Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth

Determining the origins of life on Earth is confounded by the fact that the sources of nutrients necessary to create early life forms remain mysterious. Here the authors show that lightning strikes could have supplied a major source of essential phosphorus on early Earth.

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Benjamin L. Hess, Sandra Piazolo, Jason Harvey
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:
Q
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b36733fa5f7e4f05bf80b883a842787b
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:b36733fa5f7e4f05bf80b883a842787b
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b36733fa5f7e4f05bf80b883a842787b2021-12-02T13:17:53ZLightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth10.1038/s41467-021-21849-22041-1723https://doaj.org/article/b36733fa5f7e4f05bf80b883a842787b2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21849-2https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Determining the origins of life on Earth is confounded by the fact that the sources of nutrients necessary to create early life forms remain mysterious. Here the authors show that lightning strikes could have supplied a major source of essential phosphorus on early Earth.Benjamin L. HessSandra PiazoloJason HarveyNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Science
Q
spellingShingle Science
Q
Benjamin L. Hess
Sandra Piazolo
Jason Harvey
Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth
description Determining the origins of life on Earth is confounded by the fact that the sources of nutrients necessary to create early life forms remain mysterious. Here the authors show that lightning strikes could have supplied a major source of essential phosphorus on early Earth.
format article
author Benjamin L. Hess
Sandra Piazolo
Jason Harvey
author_facet Benjamin L. Hess
Sandra Piazolo
Jason Harvey
author_sort Benjamin L. Hess
title Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth
title_short Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth
title_full Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth
title_fullStr Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth
title_full_unstemmed Lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early Earth
title_sort lightning strikes as a major facilitator of prebiotic phosphorus reduction on early earth
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/b36733fa5f7e4f05bf80b883a842787b
work_keys_str_mv AT benjaminlhess lightningstrikesasamajorfacilitatorofprebioticphosphorusreductiononearlyearth
AT sandrapiazolo lightningstrikesasamajorfacilitatorofprebioticphosphorusreductiononearlyearth
AT jasonharvey lightningstrikesasamajorfacilitatorofprebioticphosphorusreductiononearlyearth
_version_ 1718393351446724608