Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus

ScienceDaily
Dec 30, 2019, 3:30 pm157 pts
Life as we know it requires phosphorus, and lots of it. But phosphorus is scarce. A new study reports that certain types of carbonate-rich lakes, which could have formed on early Earth, have the right chemistry to keep phosphorous levels high and available to organisms.

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