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 follows last year's ...

Dark oxygen is produced on the seafloor by a process other than photosynthesis. A new study published in Nature Geoscience in July 2024 suggests it's unclear what causes dark oxygen, but a ...

To better understand the circadian clock in modern-day cyanobacteria, a Japanese research team has studied ancient ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a phenomenon they're calling "dark oxygen" — oxygen produced without any sunlight — 4,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean in the ...

Mining could even affect the “dark oxygen” scientists recently discovered is produced by nodules, which they say could help them unravel the origins of life. It’s unclear how fast mined ...

The oxygen in our planet’s oceans and atmosphere normally comes from photosynthesis. It’s too dark for that to happen two miles below the surface of the sea. Dissolved oxygen can be carried to ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery of “dark oxygen” 4,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean. This oxygen forms without any sunlight in a region called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.