It’s not photosynthesis: The deep ocean is creating oxygen on its own

Researchers have discovered evidence of oxygen production in the deep Pacific Ocean, independent of sunlight and living ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

Goodbye to the idea that only plants produce oxygen—scientists reveal a process in the deep ocean that defies NASA without photosynthesis

Did you know that the deep ocean can produce oxygen without the need of solar light nor photosynthesis? According to a study ...
Newsweek

‘Groundbreaking’ Dark Oxygen Discovery May See History of Life Revised

Scientists have discovered oxygen is being produced extremely deep below the ocean's surface, changing how we think about life at the bottom of the sea. Researchers discovered the presence of strange ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Scientists find oxygen at the bottom of the sea with no sun and no plants

Far below the reach of sunlight, in water cold enough to freeze most life in its tracks, scientists have found oxygen being made in the dark. At more than 13,000 feet beneath the Pacific, where no ...
THE WEEK

Production of 'dark' oxygen deep in the ocean comes to light

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found evidence of oxygen production near polymetallic nodules located deep in the ocean. Called dark oxygen, this oxygen is being produced ...
Geeky Gadgets

Dark Oxygen has been discovered on Earth

A groundbreaking discovery of a mysterious oxygen source, termed “dark oxygen,” was made 5,000 meters below the ocean surface in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. For years, scientists have puzzled over ...
ExtremeTech

Electric Mineral Deposits Are Producing 'Dark Oxygen' in the Deep Ocean

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