Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

A scientific debate has emerged regarding the possibility of producing 'dark oxygen' without sunlight, through metallic ...

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called "dark oxygen" is being produced in the lightless abyss of the seabed. The discovery -- detailed last July in the ...

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 ...

The discovery questions long-held assumptions about the origins of life on Earth Environmentalists said the presence of dark oxygen showed just how little is known about life at these extreme ...

Some scientists think so, but others have challenged the claim that so-called "dark oxygen" is being produced in the lightless abyss of the seabed. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's ...

The research that gave rise to the dark oxygen discovery was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining business, The Metals Company, that wanted to assess the ecological impact of such exploration.