My team discovered ‘dark oxygen’ on the seafloor – now we’re trying to understand how it was made
The discovery of dark oxygen clearly has potential implications for the deep-sea mining industry. Deep-sea mining would ...
Japan Today4d
'Dark oxygen': a deep-sea discovery that has split scientists
Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called "dark ...
ScienceAlert on MSN8mon
Mysterious 'Dark Oxygen' Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists
In the midst of the Pacific Ocean, black, rounded rocks pepper the floor. Here, at depths of more than 4,000 meters (13,000 ...
Indiatimes5d
Do deep-sea nodules produce oxygen in the dark? Experts debate new findings
A scientific debate has emerged regarding the possibility of producing 'dark oxygen' without sunlight, through metallic nodules found deep in the ocean. The discovery challenges long-held beliefs ...
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Scientists discover hidden ocean bacteria that recycle carbon
A group of scientists from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, has discovered how special bacteria in the ocean break down ...