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Lerman's Hypothesis

Step 1.) Ammonia, methane, and other gases resulting from the numerous eruptions of undersea volcanoes were trapped in underwater bubbles.

Step 2.) Inside the bubbles, the methane and ammonia needed to make amino acids might have been protected from damaging ultraviolet radiation. Chemical reactions would take place much faster in bubbles (where reactants would be concentrated) than in the primordial soup proposed by Oparin and Haldane.

Step 3.) Bubbles rose to the surface and burst, releasing simple organic molecules into the air.

Step 4.) Carried upward by winds, the simple organic molecules were exposed to ultraviolet radiation and lightning, which provided energy for further reactions.

Step 5.) More complex organic molecules that formed by further reactions fell into the ocean with rain, starting another cycle.

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Lerman's bubble model proposes that ammonia, methane, and other gases resulting from numerous eruptions of undersea volcanoes were trapped in underwater bubbles. Inside the bubbles, the methane and ammonia needed to make amino acids might have been protected from UV radiation. Chemical reactions would occur much faster in the bubbles than in the primordial soup model. Bubbles rose to the surface releasing simple organic molecules into the air. The simple organic molecules were exposed to UV radiation and lightning which provided energy for further reactions. More complex organic molecules that formed by further reactions, fell into the ocean with rain, starting another cycle


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