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 ...

Potato-shaped metallic nodules deep under the Pacific Ocean produce oxygen in complete darkness, challenging previous assumptions about oxygen production. The discovery of "dark oxygen" raises ...

Nearly 4,000 m beneath the Pacific, in water so dark that sunlight has never penetrated, scientists have stumbled on a new way that oxygen can appear where it should not exist. The finding, quickly ...

Marine scientists who made headlines last year with their discovery that deep sea nodules could be producing “dark oxygen” are embarking on a three-year research project to explain their findings.

The Metals Co. is trying to discredit new research that bolsters opponents’ claims that the deep sea is too unknown to mine. Scientists this week unveiled what they say is evidence that rocks rich ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. For more than 10 years, Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues have been studying the ocean floor and its ecosystems, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Environmental systems scientist at the University of Delaware. As with other polarized issues such as nuclear energy, there has ...

In a global first, scientists working in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the North Pacific Ocean have found that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen, dubbed "dark oxygen." When ...

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An international team of scientists has found that oxygen is being produced in complete darkness approximately 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) below the ocean's surface. It was previously thought that only ...