Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Giant #meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have aided early life
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-giant-meteorite-impact-billion-years.html
Effect of a giant meteorite impact on #Paleoarchean surface environments and life: Nadja Drabon et al. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408721121
"#bacteria are hardy, and following impact, bacterial life bounced back quickly. With this came sharp spikes in populations of #unicellular organisms that feed off the elements phosphorus and iron."
Giant meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have aided early life
Billions of years ago, long before anything resembling life as we know it existed, meteorites frequently pummeled the planet. One such space rock crashed down about 3.26 billion years ago, and even today, it's revealing secrets about Earth's past.
💧🌏 Greg Cocks
