How and where did life on Earth originate? To date, various environments have been
proposed as plausible sites for the origin of life. However, discussions have focused on a …

High-temperature water (HTW), which we define broadly herein as liquid water above 200 C
and supercritical water (T> 374 C, P> 218 atm), is attracting attention as a medium for …

Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Arguments for an abiotic origin of low-molecular weight organic compounds in deep-sea hot
springs are compelling owing to implications for the sustenance of deep biosphere microbial …

This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate
tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new …

A model for the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent has been developed
that focuses on the acetyl-CoA (Wood–Ljungdahl) pathway of CO2 fixation and central …

Here we argue that life emerged on Earth from a redox and pH front at c. 4.2 Ga. This front
occurred where hot (c. 150° C), extremely reduced, alkaline, bisulphide-bearing, submarine …

Thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Archaea and Bacteria have been isolated from marine
hydrothermal systems, heated sediments, continental solfataras, hot springs, water heaters …

For life to have emerged from CO2, rocks, and water on the early Earth, a sustained source
of chemically transducible energy was essential. The serpentinization process is emerging …

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the
evolution and interaction through time of Earth's crust, mantle, core, atmosphere …