You are taught early in science that oxygen on Earth comes from sunlight. Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light to split ...

The finding challenges long-held assumptions that only photosynthetic organisms – those which use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create fuel and oxygen – such as plants and algae generate Earth ...

Scientists have discovered ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below sea level. Curious to know what it is? Read on. Ocean scientist Andrew Sweetman encountered a strange phenomenon in ...

Polymetallic nodules on the ocean floor near Hawaii. Credit: Public domain / NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana A recent study published in Nature Geoscience has revealed ...

For the first time, researchers have managed to isolate and directly observe individual oxygen atoms inside liquid water, ...

Oxygen-producing rocks have been found on the deep seafloor, challenging what we know about oxygen production. I don’t know about you, but when I learned about oxygen production, it involved plants, ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor. About half the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean. But, before this ...

Image: Even low concentrations of oxygen can have profound effects on ocean chemistry Photo of Australia’s red-weathered hills. Credit: Ariel Anbar, ASU Scientists widely accept that around 2.4 ...

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 – those ...