The deep ocean is usually treated as the end of the oxygen story. Sunlit organisms near the surface...
In 2024, researchers reported something that should have been impossible: metallic nodules scattered across the deep Pacific seafloor appeared to be producing oxygen in total darkness, creating “dark oxygen” without a single ray of sunlight.
The deep ocean is usually treated as the end of the oxygen story. Sunlit organisms near the surface make oxygen through photosynthesis, currents carry some...
Author: Space Daily
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