Scientists have discovered that metal nodules on the ocean floor are producing oxygen in total darkness without any aid from living organisms, which could upend our understanding of the origin of ...

Scientists have discovered that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean. These polymetallic nodules, generating electricity like AA ...

A discovery from the "complete darkness" of the Pacific Ocean seafloor is testing the scientific consensus on how oxygen is made and has even called into question the origins of life on Earth, a ...

Metals on the deep-ocean floor produce ‘dark oxygen‘ 13,000 feet below the surface, a new study has suggested. The finding challenges long-held assumptions that only photosynthetic organisms ...

Scientists discover 'dark' oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface By Katie Hunt, CNNWire Tuesday, July 23, 2024 ...

Sweetman said. A team led by Andrew Sweetman of SAMS first observed the "dark oxygen" in 2013 while doing fieldwork on a ship in the Pacific Ocean.

Metals on the deep-ocean floor produce ‘dark oxygen ‘ 13,000 feet below the surface, a new study has suggested.

New research challenges a long-held assumption about oxygen in the deep sea, with scientists finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.