African lake provides new clues about ancient marine life

African lake provides new clues about ancient marine life Vancouver BC (SPX) Feb 01, 2017 - New research shows there may have been more nitrogen in the ocean between one and two billion years ago than previously thought, allowing marine organisms to proliferate at a time when multi-cellularity and eukaryotic life first emerged. UBC researchers travelled to Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because of its similar chemistry to the oceans of the Proterozoic eon, some 2. ... more

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