Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to ...

The discovery of this deep-sea oxygen, dubbed "dark oxygen," is the first time scientists have ever observed oxygen being generated without the involvement of organisms and challenges what we know ...

The discovery of “dark oxygen”, oxygen produced deep under the surface of the sea, is shining a light on the potential risks of deep-sea mining for metals and minerals.

Thus, full-scale research into the 'dark oxygen' produced in the deep sea began. In the summer of 2023, Sweetman contacted . Franz Geiger, a professor of chemistry at Northwestern University, ...

Dubbed “dark oxygen”, it is created in extremely hostile conditions at 4,000 metres below the water's surface by sea floor clusters of metals known as polymetallic nodules.

The oxygen was found 13,100 feet deep in the sea bed. Still in doubt, Professor Sweetman directed his team of students to give the sensors back to the manufacturer for the purpose of testing.

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 ...

Mining of rare metals on deep sea and ocean floors miles below the surface could create "dark oxygen" and also cause potentially harmful changes to the marine ecosystem, according to new research.

Metals on the deep-ocean floor produce ‘dark oxygen‘ 13,000 feet below the surface, a new study has suggested.. The finding challenges long-held assumptions that only photosynthetic organisms ...

Scientists, deep-sea miner spar over ‘dark oxygen’ discovery. By Hannah Northey, Clare Fieseler | 07/25/2024 01:36 PM EDT . The Metals Co. is trying to discredit new research that bolsters ...