Researchers who discovered “dark oxygen” on the ocean floor are planning a new project to learn even more about their ...

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

Deep beneath the ocean's surface, in the pitch-black abyss, scientists have uncovered a fascinating phenomenon: "dark oxygen.

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

Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography descended thousands of meters where they likely discovered dozens of new animal species. Creatures flourish where methane gas seeps into the ocean ...

Professor Andrew Sweetman and his colleagues set out to measure seafloor respiration but instead stumbled upon a hidden ecosystem capable of producing oxygen. The most crucial ...

Languages: English. Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative ...

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

NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite documented more information about Earth’s enigmatic ocean floors in the first year of operation than previous satellites could in the last 30 ...

Whale carcasses take decades to fully decompose and can provide food for an entire ecosystem on the dark depths of the ocean floor. Dr Adrian Glover, a Museum expert in deep-sea biodiversity, sheds ...