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 ...

The glow the phenomenon emits has been reported by sailors to be strong enough to read by — a stark contrast to the dark ocean typically seen when there is no sun or moonlight. These events ...

“These geobatteries are the basis for a possible explanation of the ocean’s dark oxygen production.” The existence and possible source of this dark oxygen may eventually rewrite the ...

Mining activity could negatively affect the seafloor ecosystem, scientists warn. Rare metals on deep sea and ocean floors miles below the surface produce "dark oxygen," and mining these minerals ...

"Dark oxygen" is being produced deep in the ocean, and scientists are baffled by the strange phenomenon, according to a new study. In science class, kids learn that plants need sunlight to do ...

“These geobatteries are the basis for a possible explanation of the ocean’s dark oxygen production.” The discovery that abyssal, or deep-sea, nodules are producing oxygen is “an amazing ...

The discovery of “dark oxygen” in the ocean’s abyss is raising the stakes in negotiations over whether to mine the seafloor for battery materials — and how to protect sensitive marine life ...

Deep in the ocean, scientists discovered the presence of "dark" oxygen, which is oxygen produced without photosynthesis. Oxygen was previously thought to require light to be produced; the new ...