# s-evol: early life in cold ocean

<< Many researchers  believe  that  Earth’s  early  oceans  were  very  hot,  reaching  80° Celsius,  and  that  life  originated  in  these  conditions.  New  findings  may  prove the  opposite  to  be  true >>

<< “We have found evidence  that  the  climate  3.5  billion  years  ago  was  a  cold environment,”  says  Furnes >>

Jens Helleland  Adnanes. Early  Earth  may have been ice cold Early. 14.03.2016.

http://www.uib.no/en/news/96628/early-earth-may-have-been-ice-cold

Maarten J. de Wit, Harald Furnes. 3.5-Ga hydrothermal fields and diamictites in the Barberton Greenstone Belt—Paleoarchean crust in cold environments. Science Advances  26 Feb 2016: Vol. 2, no. 2, e1500368 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500368

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/2/e1500368?_ga=1.19892027.2008468667.1440057899