The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor

Science, Spoken

Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source.

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