| 'Icicles of Death' in Polar Oceans Could Hold Clues to Origins of Life on Earth Becky Evans - Daily Mail | |
| go to original April 28, 2013 |
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New timelapse footage captured shows a rare underwater icicle freezing a number of starfish and other creatures in its path. (iwatchucam)
The first life on Earth may have emerged in polar seas and originated from underwater 'icicles of death', according to a new report.
A team of scientists suggest that rather than life beginning in warm oceans, life may have been made possible by sea ice.
They argue that the formation of brinicles, which are also known as sea stalactites, may have produced the conditions necessary for first life.
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