Did lightning provide phoshorus to ancient life? The role of lightning during the emergence of life has consequences for extraterrestrial life hypotheses

Elements necessary for #life, like phosphorous, how did they form on Earth? Most #phosphorous in rock won't work, it must be bio-available P. All crucial questions to decipher the origin of life.
#originoflife #abiology #earth #geology #earthscience #gondwanatalks #lightning #earlyearth #biology

Supereruptions, can they happen and how to prepare? How to grow food when a sulphur haze blocks the sunlight? Link to article ➡️🌋
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#volcanoes #volcanologist #growingfood #foodcrisis #newfood #gondwanatalks #yellowstone #campiflegrei #tambora #toba

Moon and Venus early Januari in #Belgium, an amazing sight. See better pics of the night sky taken by my uncle Johan Bonne with his telescope. 🔭
#amateurastronomy #telescope #space #stars #astronomer #sciencerocks #spacescience #gondwanatalks #gondwana ☄️✨
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GondwanaTalks: Natural science for a wide audience. Read more on lapis lazuli of King Tut's funeral mask, Europe's supervolcano, the Tethys Ocean, the origin of the Moon, and more.

In 2024 I wrote 10 articles in 3 languages! ✨🦕 Which one did you like most?
#gondwanatalks #geologyrocks #geology #science #sciencewriter #earthscience #dinosaurs #climate #nature #planet #eclipse #spain
Go to all articles:
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Sand, cement and concrete: geology of the building blocks of construction :: Gondwanatalks Sand is everywhere. Deserts and beaches are full of it. But next to water, sand and gravel are amongst of the most exploited natural resources. Along with cement, they are indispensable for making con...

#Sand is being exploited more quickly than it is replenished by nature. A post on the #geology of sand, cement and the impact of concrete. #gondwanatalks #concrete #pantheon #hormigon #construction #minerals #resources #exploitation #geologyrocks
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Early morning blue sky with pink clouds and bright full moon. Leafless tree reaches up to almost touch the moon.

Full moon, a sweet sight. But was the moon always there? Check my post on the hypotheses of how the #moon formed,an ongoing field of research full of opposing ideas. www.gondwanatalks.com/l/origin-of-... 🌙🌕 #spacescience #luna #fullmoon #lunascience #nasa #gondwanatalks

Excellent book with interviews with scientists by the late #EduardoPunset. On DNA, origin of life, quarks, quanta, strings and why we, are here. I'm reading it in #torrelodones #science #gondwanatalks www.gondwanatalks.com

Cyanotype print of a diatom held by Helena Cruz de Carvalho on the seashore.

The marine algae by biologist Helena Cruz de Carvalho are unicellular phytoplankton that make shells in unimaginable shapes. www.gondwanatalks.com/l/marine-alg...
#plankton #oceanlife #climate #artforearth #earth #gondwanatalks #gondwana

My book #trilobite by Richard Fortey, coffee and the quote on the sugar made my day.
This author inspired me to study #geology, a choice I never regretted. #geologyrocks #palaeontology #quotes #coffee #gondwanatalks #gondwana www.gondwanatalks.com

I met Jane Goodall too, we had a good laugh! Read on my blog #GondwanaTalks how I met her: www.gondwanatalks.com/l/meeting-ja...

Grand Tour of the volcanoes of Europe. The lesser known volcanoes may well be the most dangerous.

In my article Grand Tour of European #volcanoes #Beerenberg is mentioned. Europe is bordered by 3 giants: Beerenberg, #Ararat and #Teide. #gondwanatalks www.gondwanatalks.com/l/grand-tour...

¡Llegó GondwanaTalks a bluesky! Sigan a esta cuenta para saber más sobre geología, cambio climático y la vida en la tierra. Tengo la suerte de trabajar con Kathelijne llevando la edición en español de este espacio. #geología #gondwanatalks #kathelijnebonne

Gondwana, Snowball Earth and the Cambrian explosion of life. In times when marine life exploded into greater biodiversity than ever before, all southern continents had merged in one enormous landmass, a supercontinent called Gondwana. It didn't sprout from myth...

What's in a name? #GondwanaTalks is named after the great, lost supercontinent Gondwana, that united Africa, South America, India, Australia, Antarctica and other smaller pieces of land. Read more about how it formed.
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