‘Dark oxygen’ discovery on the Pacific Ocean floor stuns scientists — and could rewrite origins of life By . Ben Cost. Published July 23, 2024, 1:56 p.m. ET.

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 team led by Andrew Sweetman of SAMS first observed the "dark oxygen" in 2013 while doing fieldwork on a ship in the Pacific Ocean. They published their findings this week in the journal Nature ...

Metals on the deep-ocean floor produce ‘dark oxygen‘ 13,000 feet below the surface, ... (SAMS), made the “dark oxygen” discovery while conducting ship-based fieldwork in the Pacific Ocean.

A mysterious phenomenon first observed in 2013 aboard a vessel in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean appeared so preposterous, it convinced ocean scientist Andrew Sweetman that his monitoring ...

‘Dark oxygen’ discovery on the Pacific Ocean floor stuns scientists and could rewrite origins of life. Scientists have made a stunning discovery on the ocean floor, 4000 metres below the ...

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 ...

A mysterious phenomenon first observed in 2013 aboard a vessel in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean appeared so preposterous, it convinced ocean scientist Andrew Sweetman that his monitoring ...

Metals on the deep-ocean floor produce ‘dark oxygen‘ 13,000 feet below the surface, ... (SAMS), made the “dark oxygen” discovery while conducting ship-based fieldwork in the Pacific Ocean.

FILE - Deepsea diver explores Pacific Ocean reefs. Scientists say a new discovery deep in the Pacific calls into question how life on Earth began (Photo by Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images). null - A ...