# Earth & Environment

**Source**: https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/science/category/earth-environment/
**Parent**: https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/science/

## [Acidic oceans delayed the emergence of life on early earth](https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/science/2025/03/17/acidic-oceans-delayed-the-emergence-of-life-on-early-earth/)

by [Nicholas Ang](https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/science/author/nicholas-ang/ "Posts by Nicholas Ang") | Mar 17, 2025

How did life begin on Earth? What were those conditions like? These are just some questions that scientists studying the origins of life on early Earth have been grappling with for many years. It turns out, that answer lies in understanding Earth’s early oceans. A...

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