A flurry of criticism followed the article’s publication, including from the deep-sea mining company that funded the study, ...

Certain metallic rocks seem to be making oxygen in the dark, without light or sunshine, at the bottom of the ocean.

Deep-seafloor organisms consume oxygen which scientists believe is produced by seawater electrolysis without light or sunshine.

The discovery challenges traditional photosynthesis concepts, revealing new possibilities for life in harsh environments, ...

Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...

A project is underway to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen further. Understanding the phenomenon better could help ...

The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team ...

Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.

A startling discovery made public in July that metallic rocks were apparently producing oxygen on the Pacific Ocean’s seabed, where no light can penetrate, was a scientific bombshell. Initial ...

Andrew Sweetman, a professor at the UK’s Scottish Association for Marine Science who was behind the find, is embarking on a three-year project to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen ...