Little is known about the mechanisms that destroy the oldest organic molecules found in seawater. Field and laboratory observations suggest that these molecules are destroyed by the heat and pressure of deep-sea hydrothermal systems.
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Beaupré, S. The ocean's pressure cooker. Nature Geosci 8, 820–821 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2562
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