Marine Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life Report of Scor Working Group 91

Research of the origins of life in connection with a marine environment started at the end of the seventies, when the 'black smokers' in the Pacific were discovered and the Red Sea deep hydrothermal brines were found to be a fruitful environment for abiotic synthesis of life precursors. For a while this research was categorised under the heading 'chemistry', but in less than a decade the topic became fully integrated into the science of 'oceanography'. The Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Research (SCOR) initiated Working Group 91: Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life in Marine Hydrothermal Systems'. This volume contains the final report of this working group.Holm, N. G. is the author of 'Marine Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life Report of Scor Working Group 91' with ISBN 9780792320180 and ISBN 0792320182.