A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the ...

However, a recent discovery has shattered this long-standing assumption, revealing a hidden form of oxygen known as “dark oxygen.” This mysterious variant does not behave like the oxygen we ...

Scientists who recently discovered that metal lumps on the dark seabed make oxygen, have announced plans to study the deepest parts of Earth's oceans in order to understand the strange phenomenon.

Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

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 research ...

Dark oxygen was discovered in oxygen-depleted zones, defying scientific predictions. It behaves chemically in areas with no sunlight, suggesting unknown interactions with deep-sea minerals.