Soda Lake and the Origin of Life
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: Phys.org Context: Scientists from the University of Washington discovered a shallow “soda lake,” Lake Chance, in Canada, resembling Darwin’s “warm little ponds” that might have initiated life on Earth. These soda lakes, containing high levels of dissolved carbonates, sodium, and phosphates, address the long-standing “phosphate problem” in the emergence …
