Asteroids Boiled Young Earth’S Oceans. ( High Temperatures Shaped Life’S Early Evolution )

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Did a massive asteroid turn Earth into a boiling

'Spring' 3.3 billion years ago? Daily Mail Online.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3096111/Did-massive-asteroid-turn-Earth-boiling-SPRING-3-3bn-years-ago-Impact-vapourised-planet-s-oceans.html

“Scientists found evidence for huge asteroid impacts up to

3.3 billion years ago. These may have superheated the

atmosphere and raised the temperature and after losing

100 m of water, Earth would have resembled a 'hot spring.”

Asteroids boiled young Earth’s oceans. High temperatures

shaped life’s early evolution by thomas summers

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/asteroids-boiled-young-earth’s-oceans

The paper is:

Lowe, D. R., and G. R. Byerly, 2015, Geologic record of

partial ocean evaporation triggered by giant asteroid

impacts, 3.29–3.23 billion years ago. Geology. First

published online May 7, 2015, doi: 10.1130/G36665.1

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/05/07/G36665.1.abstract

Dr. Donald Lowe’s Publications

https://profiles.stanford.edu/donald-lowe?tab=publications

Yours,

Paul H.