Volcanoes may have provided sparks and chemistry for ...(y in tidal pools around volcanic islands...)

Date:10/16/2008

y in tidal pools around volcanic islands, even if hydrogen, methane, and ammonia were scarce in the global atmosphere. As the tidal pools evaporated, they would concentrate the amino acids and other molecules, making it more likely that right sequence of chemical reactions to start life could occur. In fact, volcanic eruptions could assist the origin of life in another way as well they produce carbonyl sulfide gas, which helps link amino acids into chains called peptides." said Glavin.

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Contact: Nancy Neal-Jones Nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov 301-286-0039 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Source:Eurekalert

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