For the microbes living within the orange fibers,
对于这些生活在橙色纤维里的微生物而言,
these toxic chemicals in the water are a rich soup of nutrients.
水里这些有毒的化学物质就是营养丰富的汤了。
Pools like this were very common in the early Earth.
这样的池子在早期地球十分普遍。
Fed by vocanic activity,
正是这样的火山活动
they provided all the right chemicals needed for the emergence of life
为生命的诞生提供了适合的化学物质
Mountain:Deep down below us,
在我们的地下深处,
Now, the magma itself is giving off gases like carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide
岩浆正释放出诸如二氧化碳 二氧化硫之类的气体
and that provides the food for these bacteria to grow.
它们都是这些微生物成长的食物。
so the volcano are like a supply chain provide all this stuff?
火山就像供应商一样 提供所有的营养物质。
They are the heat engine that drives the whole process.
它是驱动整个系统的热能发动机。
Volcanic pools like this are one possible place where life might have begun.
这样的火山池是生命诞生成为可能的地方。
But there is an alternative theory
另外有种理论认为火山创造的其它地点
as volcanoes created other places where life could have started.
可能是生命诞生的地方。
like hydro thermal vents.
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