'Battery rock' discovery challenges understanding of life on EarthPolymetallic nodules on the ocean floor act as natural rock batteries producing oxygen, challenging traditional theories on Earth's oxygen production and discouraging deep-sea mining.
Deep-sea metals may be source of oxygen for life on ocean floorDeep-ocean polymetallic nodules may provide oxygen for deep-sea life and are crucial for green-energy technologies, impacting global decisions on deep-sea mining.
Researchers Find Oxygen Made Without Photosynthesis - With Mind-Blowing ConsequencesOxygen can be produced abiotically at deep-sea sediments, challenging assumptions that only life can generate this essential molecule.
The Mysterious Discovery of 'Dark Oxygen' on the Ocean FloorPolymetallic nodules on the ocean floor may not only be a potential source of valuable metals but also could be driving a reaction that produces oxygen from seawater without the need for photosynthesis.
Metal-Rich Ocean Deposits Produce Dark Oxygen'Oxygen is produced in the dark of the deep ocean, highlighting a unique ecosystem.Polymetallic nodules raise questions about the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining.
'Battery rock' discovery challenges understanding of life on EarthPolymetallic nodules on the ocean floor act as natural rock batteries producing oxygen, challenging traditional theories on Earth's oxygen production and discouraging deep-sea mining.
Deep-sea metals may be source of oxygen for life on ocean floorDeep-ocean polymetallic nodules may provide oxygen for deep-sea life and are crucial for green-energy technologies, impacting global decisions on deep-sea mining.
Researchers Find Oxygen Made Without Photosynthesis - With Mind-Blowing ConsequencesOxygen can be produced abiotically at deep-sea sediments, challenging assumptions that only life can generate this essential molecule.
The Mysterious Discovery of 'Dark Oxygen' on the Ocean FloorPolymetallic nodules on the ocean floor may not only be a potential source of valuable metals but also could be driving a reaction that produces oxygen from seawater without the need for photosynthesis.
Metal-Rich Ocean Deposits Produce Dark Oxygen'Oxygen is produced in the dark of the deep ocean, highlighting a unique ecosystem.Polymetallic nodules raise questions about the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining.
Bizarre Mineral Clumps Make Dark Oxygen' on Deep SeafloorPolymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean's CCZ produce oxygen in total darkness, contrary to conventional beliefs.
Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesisThe discovery of 'dark oxygen' production challenges traditional beliefs on oxygen creation and raises questions about early life origins and the potential for alternative sources.
Bizarre Mineral Clumps Make Dark Oxygen' on Deep SeafloorPolymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean's CCZ produce oxygen in total darkness, contrary to conventional beliefs.
Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesisThe discovery of 'dark oxygen' production challenges traditional beliefs on oxygen creation and raises questions about early life origins and the potential for alternative sources.