Where did life come from on Earth? This is a topic which has been very interesting and attractive to scientists since the beginning. Many principles or theories are told on this. According to some, the elements that make up life came to Earth from outside, while others say that they flourished on Earth itself. This has been the subject of a long debate. The new study has given a new flavor to this issue. It is claimed that the basic elements of life were formed from lightning caused by volcanoes on Earth.
One thing common in all the studies on how life began to develop on Earth is that the process of formation of life began with the amino acids that make up proteins, that is, now the question is, where did these amino acids come from? Did they come to Earth from outside or were they somehow formed here?
Various claims have been made about amino acids, the essential elements for the formation of life. Earlier it had also been concluded that these elements were formed through lightning and thunder in the atmosphere. But this time in the study it is being said that this also happened due to the electricity generated from the Earth’s volcano.
There are many claims regarding the beginning of life on Earth, one of which is this. (Symbolic photo: Shutterstock) This study included a team of geologists, scientists, mineral experts and experts from all over the world. Who have obtained such evidence which shows that the nitrogen of the atmosphere also contributed to the formation of elements of life on Earth through volcanic lightning. The thing to note here is that the largest element in amino acids is nitrogen.
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Nitrogen is abundant in the atmosphere, but elements cannot be formed from it that plants can use. Plants use the element nitrogen through nitrogen fixing. In nitrogen fixing, bacteria or algae convert nitrogen molecules into ammonia. But these creatures came much after the emergence of life. In such a situation, how nitrogenous substances were formed before life was a mystery. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers claimed that nitrogenous substances could have been formed from volcanic electricity.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: February 11, 2024, 01:53 IST
